Skip to main content
. 2012 Apr 27;75(1):162–171. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2012.04312.x

Table 3.

Propylene glycol (PG) dosages when co-administered with paracetamol or phenobarbital in currently used dosages

Drug Propylene glycol content Dosing guideline for drug Drug-associated daily dose propylene glycol (mg kg−1 day−1) Reference
I.v. paracetamol 10 mg ml−1 800 mg PG/1000 mg paracetamol Loading dose: 20 mg kg−1 40 [1]
Maintenance dose: 10 mg kg−1 every 6 h 16–32
I.v. phenobarbital 200 mg ml−1 700 mg PG/200 mg phenobarbital Loading dose: 20 mg kg−1 day−1 70 [18]
Maintenance dose: 5 mg kg−1 day−1 17.5