Instructions for use
- The pharmaceutical form is a powder for oral solution
- The recommended dosage is 20mg 5-aminolevulinic acid hydrochloride per kg body weight
- The solution should be administered orally three hours (range 2-4 hours) before induction of anaesthesia
Dosage scale
The interactive scale below is a guide to the correct dosage of Gliolan® and drinking solution that should be administered, depending on your patient’s bodyweight.
| Patient‘s bodyweight (kg) | Amount of Gliolan® to be administered (mg) | Volume of a freshly prepared drinking solution to be administered orally (ml) |
| 55 | 1100 | 37 |
| 56 | 1120 | 37 |
| 57 | 1140 | 38 |
| 58 | 1160 | 39 |
| 59 | 1180 | 39 |
| 60 | 1200 | 40 |
| 61 | 1220 | 41 |
| 62 | 1240 | 41 |
| 63 | 1260 | 42 |
| 64 | 1280 | 43 |
| 65 | 1300 | 43 |
| 66 | 1320 | 44 |
| 67 | 1340 | 45 |
| 68 | 1360 | 45 |
| 69 | 1380 | 46 |
| 70 | 1400 | 47 |
| 71 | 1420 | 47 |
| 72 | 1440 | 48 |
| 73 | 1460 | 49 |
| 74 | 1480 | 49 |
| 75 | 1500 | 50 |
| 76 | 1520 | 51 |
| 77 | 1540 | 51 |
| 78 | 1560 | 52 |
| 79 | 1580 | 53 |
| 80 | 1600 | 53 |
| 81 | 1620 | 54 |
| 82 | 1640 | 55 |
| 83 | 1660 | 55 |
| 84 | 1680 | 56 |
| 85 | 1700 | 57 |
| 86 | 1720 | 57 |
| 87 | 1740 | 58 |
| 88 | 1760 | 59 |
| 89 | 1780 | 59 |
| 90 | 1800 | 60 |
| 91 | 1820 | 61 |
| 92 | 1840 | 61 |
| 93 | 1860 | 62 |
| 94 | 1880 | 63 |
| 95 | 1900 | 63 |
| 96 | 1920 | 64 |
| 97 | 1940 | 65 |
| 98 | 1960 | 65 |
| 99 | 1980 | 66 |
| 100 | 2000 | 67 |