Compliance Higher With Once-Daily Antibiotic Administration vs Multiple Times a Day

Summary

A number of small studies have indicated that once-daily administration of an antibiotic is just as effective as multiple daily doses. In this meta-analysis using studies in adults and children, the relative risk for compliance with antibiotic treatment was higher with once-daily dosing compared with dosing two, three, or four times daily.

  • antibiotics
  • compliance
  • OD
  • BID
  • TID
  • QID
  • infections
  • meta-analysis
  • children
  • adults
  • infectious diseases clinical trials
  • viral infections
View Full Text