Question

Codeine 0.06g prescribed but 15mg tablets are available how to calculate

Answer 1

prescriber has ordered 0.2 mg of the gastric acid inhibitor medication misoprostol
(Cyotec). How many tablets will you administer to the patient if each tablet contains 200
micrograms?
2) A patient with tuberculosis has an order for the anitubercular drug ethambutol hydrochlo-
ride (Myambutol). Each tablet contains 400 milligrams. If the order is 1.6 grams po, how
many tablets will you administer to the patient?
3) The patient has been prescribed 0.45 mg of clonidine hydrochloride (Catapres), an an-
tihypertensive drug. The drug is available in 0.3 mg scored tablets. How many tablets
equals the prescribed dose?
4) The order reads: azithromycin 7.2 mg/kg po qd. Each capsule contains 250 milligrams.
How many capsules will you prepare of this antiviral drug for a patient weighing 154
pounds?
5) The order reads 6 milligrams of the antihypertensive drug Cardura. The label indicates
that each scored tablet contains 4 milligrams of Cardura. How many scored tablets should
be given to the patient po?
6) Order: sulfisoxazole (Gantrisin) 0.5 g
Drug available: Gantrisin 250 mg per tablet.
Find the number of tablets.
7) Order: digoxin 0.5 mg
Drug available: 250 mcg per tablet.
Find the number of tablets.
8) Order: codeine 100 mg
Drug available: 40 mg per tablet.
Find the number of tablets.
9) Order: prosom 2 mg q6h
Drug available : 1 mg per tablet.
(a) Find the number of tablets per dose.
(b) Find the time of the first four doses if the first dose is given at 0600hr.
10) A patient is prescribed 0.5 g of amoxicillin for a 24 hour period. The drug is offered in
25 mg tablets. If the medication is administ