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A doctor or other trained health professional will give you or your child this medicine in a hospital or clinic. This medicine is given by mouth or by a nasogastric tube.
If this medicine is given to children by mouth, it should be combined with a milk feeding. If this medicine is given to children by a nasogastric tube, it is administered into the stomach and then followed with a dextrose or milk feeding.
Portions of this document last updated: Feb. 01, 2024
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