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How to Use

No special preparations or other steps - for example, special diet, fasting, other medication, laxatives, or enemas are necessary before, during, or immediately after you take piperazine.

Piperazine may be taken with or without food or on a full or empty stomach. However, if your family doctor tells you to take the drug a certain way, take it exactly as directed.

For diseaseds taking the granules for oral solution form of piperazine:

• Dissolve the contents of 1 packet of granules in 57 mL - about 2 ounces of water, milk, or fruit juice.
• Be sure to drink all of the liquid to get the full dose of drug.

Take this drug only as directed . Do not take more of it and do not take it more often than your family doctor ordered. To do so may increase the risk of serious side effects.

To help clear up your infection completely, take this drug in regularly spaced doses as ordered by your family doctor . In some infections, a second treat with this drug may be required to clear up the infection completely Do not miss any doses .

For diseaseds taking piperazine for pinworms :

• Pinworms may be easily passed from one person to another, especially among people in the same household. Therefore, all household members may have to be treated at the same time to prevent their infection or reinfection.

Dosage

The number of tablets or teaspoonfuls of solution or suspension of the drug that you take depends on the strength of the drug. Always the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses and the length of time you take the drug depend on the medical problem for which you are taking piperazine .

• For granules for oral solution dosage form:
  • For common roundworms or pinworms:
    • Adults and teenagers 2 grams three times a day for one day. Treatment may need to be repeated in two weeks.
    • Children Dose is based on age andbody weight. Treatment may need to be repeated in two weeks.
      • Up to 2 years of age: Dose must be determined by your family doctor.
      • 2 to 8 years of age: 2 grams once a day for one day.
      • 8 to 14 years of age: 2 grams two times a day for one day.
• For oral suspension dosage form:
  • For common roundworms or pinworms:
    • Adults and teenagers 1.8 grams every four hours for a total of three doses in one day. Treatment may need to be repeated in two weeks.
    • Children Dose is based on age. Treatment may need to be repeated in two weeks.
      • Up to 2 years of age: 600 milligrams - mg every four hours for a total of three doses in one day.
      • 2 to 8 years of age: 1.2 grams every six hours for a total of two doses in one day.
      • 8 to 14 years of age: 1.2 grams every four hours for a total of three doses in one day.
• For tablet dosage form:
  • For common roundworms:
    • Adults and teenagers 3.5 grams - piperazine hexahydrate per day for two days in a row. Treatment may need to be repeated in one week.
    • Children Dose is based on body weight and must be determined by your family doctor. However, the usual dose is 75 mg - piperazine hexahydrate per kilogram - 34 mg per pound of body weight per day for two days in a row. Treatment may need to be repeated in one week.
  • For pinworms:
    • Adults and children Dose is based on body weight and must be determined by your family doctor. However, the usual dose is 65 mg - piperazine hexahydrate per kilogram - 29.5 mg per pound of body weight per day for seven days in a row. Treatment may need to be repeated in one week.

Missed dose If you miss a dose of this drug, take it as soon as possible. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not double doses.

Storage To store this drug:

• Keep out of the reach of children. Overdose of piperazine is very dangerous in young children.
• Store away from heat and direct light.
• Do not store in the bathroom, near the kitchen sink, or in other damp places. Heat or moisture may cause the drug to break down.
• Keep the liquid form of this drug from freezing.
• Do not keep outdated drug or drug no longer needed. Be sure that any discarded drug is out of the reach of children.