Epidemiologic data on the incidence of different types of pyelonephritis are limited. It is known that the incidence of acute pyelonephritis is highest in otherwise healthy women between 15 and 29 years of age, followed by infants and older persons.
Your healthcare provider will calculate your Diastat dose based on your age and weight. Sometimes, your healthcare provider may recommend using two doses to treat each episode of increased seizures (with the second dose given 4 to 12 hours after the first).
Prescribe: carbidopa/levodopa 25/100 (tablet) Instruct: Â½ tab tid for one week, then 1 tab tid and re-evaluate symptoms and patient clinical response at this dose. If symptoms need further treatment then titrate up to 1.5 tab tid for one week, then 2 tab tid. (Tip: In general, titrate to severity of symptoms.