Indication
Nicardipine for Stroke
Adult dosing has a median of 3.75 mg across 8 published protocols, with the middle half between 2.5 and 5.
8sources
3named agencies
5states
8entries
2named here
Doses far off from what other protocols give are likely misreads, so they are left out until checked. How that works.
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8sources
3named agencies
5states
8entries
0kept as written
| min | p25 | median | p75 | max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2.5 | 3.75 | 5 | 5 |
Values in mg. One value per source (that source's median), so a document listing a medication five times still gets one vote.
Routes
- IV 63%
- IV/IO 38%
United States EMS Protocol Census, n=8 protocols from 3 named agencies / 5 states, updated Oct 2026
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Agencies whose protocols are a public record are named here. Their own doses are on their own pages; this list carries no values.