Dry syrups have been applied to various drugs as a dosage form that is easy to take.

Clarithromycin dry syrup in the paediatric field:

• Clarithromycin dry syrup was administered to the patients (150 patients with various infections) at daily doses of 10-15 mg/kg divided into 2-3 equal doses. 

• The overall clinical efficacy rate was 98.0%, and this drug was effective in 98.9% of 90 patients for whom the causative pathogens were identified and in 96.7% of the other 60 patients for whom the causative pathogens were unknown. 

• The bacteriological eradication rate was 88.5%