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The usual course of therapy is seven days (range 5 to 10 days).
Cefuroxime (as axetil) should be taken after food for optimum absorption.
Adults:
Most infections: 250 mg twice daily.
Urinary tract infections: 125 mg twice daily.
Mild to moderate lower respiratory tract infection e.g. bronchitis: 250 mg twice daily.
More severe lower respiratory tract infections, or if pneumonia is suspected: 500 mg twice daily.
Pyelonephritis: 250 mg twice daily.
Uncomplicated gonorrhoea: single dose 1 g.
Lyme disease in adults and children over the age of 12 years: 500 mg twice daily for 20 days.
Children:
Most infections: 125 mg (1 x 125 mg tablet) twice daily, to a maximum of 250 mg daily.
Children aged two years or older with otitis media or, where appropriate, with more severe infections: 250 mg (1 x 250 mg tablet or 2 x 125 mg tablets) twice daily, to a maximum of 500 mg daily.
