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. 2020 Apr 22;20:298. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-05027-1

Table 1.

TB medications, dose prescribed, dosage per weight and recommended dose range

DRUG DOSE PRESCRIBED (mg) DOSE (in mg/kg/day) DOSE RANGE RECOMMENDEDa (in mg/kg/day)
Pyrazinamide 600 46 30–40
Capreomycin 250 19 15–30
Moxifloxacin 100 7.7 7.5–10
Cycloserine 250 19 10–20
Para amino-salicylic acid (PAS) 4000 307 300
Prothionamide 250 19 15–20
Linezolid 250 19 20

aCompanion Handbook to the WHO guidelines for the programmatic management of drug resistant tuberculosis [13]