DAPtomycin is restricted to Infectious Disease specialists.
Dose Rounding: Nearest 50 mg increment for patients 18 years and over. Use total body weight in non-obese patients and adjusted body weight in obese patients (obese if TBW/IBW is ≥130% or BMI ≥30).
Recommended AdjBW equation for daptomycin: AdjBW = IBW + 0.4(TBW-IBW)
DAPtomycin is restricted to Infectious Disease specialists.
Dose Rounding: Nearest 50 mg increment for patients 18 years and over. Use total body weight in non-obese patients and adjusted body weight in obese patients (obese if TBW/IBW is ≥130% or BMI ≥30).
Recommended AdjBW equation for daptomycin: AdjBW = IBW + 0.4(TBW-IBW)
Automatic renal adjustment per guidelines. See Antimicrobial Dosing Guideline and Renal Adjustment Policy (Adult) for more information. CrCl calculation policy available here.
Weekly CPK monitoring.
Reviewed: 26 May 2015 (Cubicin), June 2020 (Administration Time)