| Class | Drug | Dose for Adults | Max dose in 25 hour | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analgesics | Paracetamol 500 mg table | 500mg orally. 1-2 tablets up to 4 times daily | 4000 mg | |
| Analgescis | NSAID | Ibuprofen 200 mg tablet | 400mg orally 6-8 hourly | 1200 mg |
| Analgesics | NSAID | Naproxen xxx tablet | -1000 mg orally once daily 750 mg orally once daily 500 mg orally, 12 hourly 250 mg orally, 4 hourly y | 1100 mg |
| Analgesics | NSAID | Celcoxib 200mg tablet | 200 mg orally up to once or twice daily | 400 mg |
| Analgesics | Opiods* | Oxycodone 5mg tablet | 5mg orally,6 hourly | 288mg? - disputed |
| Analgesics | opiods | tramadol 50 mg tablet | 50 mg orally, 1-2 tablets 6 hrly | 400mg, but 300mg if >75 years |
| Analgesics | Opiods | Paracetamol 500 mg + Codeine 30 mg tablet | I or II up to the QDS PRN | 4000 mg paracetamol |
| antibiotics | Phenoxymethylpenicillin 500 mg tablet | 500 mg orally, QDS 5/7 | - | |
| Amoxicillin 500 mg capsule | 500 mg orally, TDS 5/7 | - | ||
| Cefalexin 500mg tablet | 500mg orally, QDS 5/7 | - | ||
| Clindamycin 150 mg tablet | 300mg orally, TDS 5/7 | |||
| Metronidazole 200 mg tablet | 400mg orally BD5/7 | |||
| Amoxi-Clav (875-125 mg) capsules | 1000mg orally, TDS 5/7 | |||
| Doxycycline 100 mg tablet | 100 mg orally once daily 7/7 | |||
| antifungals | Miconazole 2% oral gel | 2.5mL topically and then swallowed, QDS after food and drink for 14/7. Continue to use for several days after symptoms disappear | comes in a 40g tube | |
| antifungals | Nystatin 100,000 units/mL oral liquid | 1mL swished in mouth and then swallowed, QDS after food and drink for 14/7. Continue to use for seveal days after symptoms disappear | comes in a 24mL bottle. Will need to send enough. One bottle is 24 doses - 6 day | |
| antifungals | Amphoteracine B? | |||
| *Opiods - |
- tapentadol can be prescribed but is not on dental PBS
- Hydromorphone is in dental PBS but extreme caution should be used
- Remember- codeine does not have an analgesic effect on everybody (consider pharmacogenomics)
*Note on Little people
- Asprin should not be given to children under 16 years as this riskes Reye’s syndrome
- Childrens dosage depends on their weight