Before 2005, the Internal Revenue Code defined âchildâ or âqualifying childâ in several different ways depending on the benefit claimed. Each tax benefit had its own set of tests to determine whether or not a child was a âqualifying childâ for that particular tax benefit.
At one of these specialist centres the starting dose of loperamide depends on the volume of the baseline stoma output, e.g. 8mg-10mg four times daily for a very high output, and is then titrated according to response usually up to a maximum dose of 16mg four times daily.
To facilitate this, 0.5 mg, 1 mg, and 2 mg tablets are available. The usual range is 2 to 6 mg/day given in divided doses, the largest dose being taken before bedtime, but the daily dosage may vary from 1 to 10 mg/day. For anxiety, most patients require an initial dose of 2 to 3 mg/day given b.i.d. or t.i.d.he effectiveness of Ativan (lorazepam) in long-term use, that is, more than 4 months, has not been assessed by systematic clinical studies. The physician should periodically reassess the usefulness of the drug for the individual patient.