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Adults. Single Direct Intravenous Injection (bolus). The usual dose is 50 to 100 mg of lidocaine hydrochloride (0.7 to 1.4 mg/kg; 0.32 to 0.63 mg/lb) administered intravenously under ECG monitoring.This dose may be administered at the rate of approximately 25 to 50 mg/min (0.35 to 0.7 mg/kg/min; 0.16 to 0.32 mg/lb/min).ylocaine administered intravenously is specifically indicated in the acute management of ventricular arrhythmias such as those occurring in relation to acute myocardial infarction, or during cardiac manipulation, such as cardiac surgery.
Prednisone is indicated for patients with widespread inflammation who are very uncomfortable. Wet compresses are still used even if the patient requires prednisone. A typical dose of prednisone for the average size adult is prednisone 20 mg twice a day for 7-10 days followed by 20 mg a day in the morning for 3 days. That program should be adequate to treat most cases of poison ivy. Patients treated with steroid dose packs in which the dosage of prednisone or a similar oral steroid is rapidly decreased over several days will probably respond. However others may not improve or even get worse with this low dose rapid taper program.