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Use instruction: Clarithromycin STELLA 500 mg is administered orally and may be given without regard to meals.
Dosage: Usual doses in patients 12 years of age or older: 250 mg twice daily, increased to 500 mg twice daily if necessary in severe infection; for 7 to 14 days. Children may be given 7.5 mg/kg twice daily for 5 to 10 days.
For treatment and prophylaxis of disseminated infection due to Mycobacterium avium complex: 500 mg twice daily; for treatment, it should be given with other antimycobacterials.
For the eradication of H. pylori associated with peptic ulcer disease: 500 mg twice daily, clarithromycin is given with another antibacterial and either a proton pump inhibitor or a histamine H2-receptor antagonist, for 7 to 14 days.
In patients with severe renal impairment (creatinine clearance of less than 30 ml/minute): Dosage of clarithromycin may need to be halved.
