LICOPID® 1 mg: DOSING SCHEDULE FOR ADULTS
Indications for Use |
Method of Administration |
Dosage (daily) |
Prevention and reduction of seasonal incidence of acute respiratory diseases and frequency of exacerbations of chronic diseases of ENT organs, upper and lower respiratory tract |
1 mg 3 times a day, sublingual, for 10 days |
3 mg |
Chronic infections of respiratory tract |
2 mg once a day, sublingual, for 10 days |
2 mg |
Purulent skin and soft tissue infections, including postsurgical infections (excluding severe forms) |
2 mg 2-3 times a day, sublingual, for 10 days |
4-6 mg |
Activation of herpes virus infection (mild form, regardless localization of clinical manifestations, excluding herpetic lesions of the eyes) |
2 mg 3 times a day, sublingual, for 10 days |
6 mg |
LICOPID® 1 mg: DOSING SCHEDULE FOR CHILDREN AGED 3 – 18
Indications for Use |
Method of Administration |
Dosage (daily) |
Chronic infections of respiratory tract |
Three treatment courses in total: 1 mg once a day, sublingual, for 10 days (one treatment course), with 20-day interval between treatment courses |
1 mg |
Purulent inflammatory skin and soft tissue infections |
1 mg once a day, sublingual, for 10 days |
1 mg |
Activation of herpes virus infection* |
1 mg 3 times a day, sublingual, for 10 days |
3 mg |
LICOPID® 10 mg: DOSING SCHEDULE FOR ADULTS**
Indications for Use |
Method of Administration |
Dosage (daily) |
Acute and chronic purulent inflammatory skin and soft tissue infections, severe forms, including purulent septic postsurgical complications |
10 mg once a day, for 10 days |
10 mg |
Sexually transmitted infections (papillomavirus infection, chronic trichomoniasis) |
10 mg once a day, for 10 days |
10 mg |
Pulmonary tuberculosis |
10 mg once a day, for 10 days |
10 mg |
Activation of herpes virus infection (moderate and severe forms)*** |
10 mg once a day, for 6 days |
10 mg |
Herpetic eye disease (ophthalmic herpes) |
10 mg 2 times a day for 3 days and repeat the course of treatment after a 3-day break interval |
20 mg |
Psoriasis (excluding psoriatic arthritis, severe forms and gross lesions) |
10-20 mg once a day for 10 days followed by 5 doses that should be administered as a 10-20 mg dose taken once every other day. |
10-20 mg |
Psoriasis (severe form, psoriatic arthritis) |
10 mg 2 times a day for 20 days |
20 mg |
* Infection caused by HSV-1,2, cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus (including early convalescence period after infectious mononucleosis).
** Licopid 10 mg should be administered with caution in elderly patients (above 65 years old), strictly under medical supervision. For the elderly patients, it is recommended to start therapy with the half doses (1/2 of the therapeutic dose) and to increase the dose of the drug up to the required therapeutic dose if no side effects occur.
*** Excluding herpetic lesions of the eyes (ophthalmic herpes).