title: Dosage / Interval - Neonatal Intensive Care Drug Manual
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  Neonatal Intensive Care Drug Manual
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  Dosage / Interval
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  1. At birth – newborn infants with respiratory depression secondary to maternal opioid administration 100 microgram/kg. Repeat dose as required.
  DO NOT USE IN INFANTS BORN TO MOTHERS SUSPECTED OR KNOWN TO BE ADDICTED TO OPIOIDS.
  2. Reversal of opioid-induced respiratory depression 10–100 microgram/kg. Repeat dose as required.
  CAUTION: Infants on prolonged opioid infusion may develop acute withdrawal following naloxone
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  Maximum dose
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  2mg
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  Route
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  Intravenous (IV) injection preferred. IM suitable if the IV route is not available. Alternate routes: intraosseous and subcutaneous.,
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