what is a good zith prophylactic dose?

[mom love]

I have seen members on here use it 2 times a week and others who feel 3 times a week is more protective.

 

What dose (mg) is best for each dose?

 

If anyone with experience with this could respond I'd appreciate it.

[EAMom]

My dd is 64 pounds (5th grade) now and we've pretty much stayed at 250mg/day. When she was in 3rd grade we did try to drop her to 125mg/day (this was b-4 we had IVIG) and we did notice a ramp up in symptoms.

 

I do also feel that PANDAS kids don't have a "normal" immune system against strep so that a "regular" non-pandas prophylactic dose of Azith. might not necessarily work in PANDAS kids.

Edited November 18, 2010 by EAMom

[DebC]

Our 10 year old daughter is on Azith three times a week (M/W/F), 250 mg.

[peglem]

We do 500mg every other day for 110 lb teenager.

[Megs_Mom]

We used to do 100 mg 4x a week, but have increase to 250, 4x a week. We don't see any breakthrough OCD at that level. She is 67 lbs. We will not decrease again for at least another 6 months. I have no idea if this is really preventative, but she has not caught anything other than a minor cold for well over a year now. It is clearly regulating her immune system, as we saw breakthrough OCD on the lower dose, that would go away as soon as we increased it for 3 days.

[KaraM]

Our dd8, 62 lbs in on 250mg daily. Dr. B prescribed this dose. She has been on it since April.