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Week 4 Oral Dosages
Week 4 Chapter 11 Oral Dosages Forms of Oral Medications
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A patient is ordered 40 milligrams (mg) of atorvastatin daily. Available are 20 mg capsules. Give ___ capsules. | 40 / 20 = 2 |
| A healthcare provider orders 400 mg of quetiapine at 7 pm. Available are 200 mg tablets. Give ____ tablets. | 400 / 200 = 2 |
| A patient is ordered 300 mg of zidovudine capsules PO daily. Give ___ capsules. | 3 |
| A healthcare provider orders 30 mg of thorazine syrup for a psychiatric patient. Available is a bottle marked 10 mg/5 mL. Give ___ mL | 30/10 =3 x 5 = 15 mL |
| A pediatric patient is to receive amoxicillin clavulanate 75 mg PO bid. Available is a suspension labeled 125 mg/5 mL. Give ____ mL per dose. | 75 /125 = 0.6 x 5 = 3 |
| A healthcare provider orders 450,000 units of Nystatin oral suspension four times a day, give each (two cheeks, half to inside of each cheek) ½ the dose buccally bilaterally for a child with thrush. Give ___ mL. for each dose. 1000,000 on the label | 450,000 / 100,000 = 4.5 |
| Match the terms to their definitions. - Liquid to be added to a powder or concentrate - Relationship of solute to solvent - Liquid produced by adding the diluent - Powdered medication or liquid concentrate | - solvent - Solution Strength - Solution - Solute |
| According to the label, how much water should be added to this suspension to reconstitute for oral use? ____ mL. | 38 |
| A healthcare provider ordered 500 mg of Nitazoxanide every 12 hours for 3 days. Available is a 60 mL bottle that reads “Reconstitute with 48 mL of water to yield 100 mg/5 mL.” Give mL. | 500 mg /100 mg x 5 mL = 25 mL |
| Once reconstituted, the total volume of medication in this bottle of erythromycin is ____ mL. 200 mg/5 mL bottle | 100mL |
| A patient is ordered 2 mg of tizanadine po hs. Available are 4 mg scored tablets. Give ______ tab. (Round to the nearest tenth.) | 2 mg / 4 mg = 0.5 tab |
| A healthcare provider ordered cephalexin capsules 1 gram po stat for a wound infection. Give _____ capsules. | 1000 mg / 250 mg = 4 capsules |
| A healthcare provider orders 0.05 mg of Synthroid po daily. Give tablets. | 0.05 / 0.025 mg = 2 tablets |
| A patient is to receive 9 milligrams of warfarin sodium tabs po every other day. Give ______ tablets. | 9 mg / 6 mg = 1.5 tablets |
| A physician orders Lyrica 300 mg t.i.d. Give _____ capsules per dose. | 300 mg / 300 mg = 1 capsule |
| Indomethacin 75 mg is ordered po in a single dose now, then 25 mg per day thereafter. Available is a bottle labeled 25 mg/5 mL. Give _______ mL for the initial dose. | 75 mg / 25 mg x 5mL = 15 mL |
| An elderly patient who has difficulty swallowing has been ordered 50 mg of diphenhydramine solution po hs prn sleep. Give ____ mL. | 5 mL / 12.5 mL x 50 mg = 20 mL |
| A healthcare provider orders erythromycin ethylsuccinate 300 mg po t.i.d. Give ______ mL per dose. | 5 mL /200 mg x 300 mg = 7.5 mL |
| A healthcare provider ordered for her pediatric patient digoxin 130 mcg po as a loading dose. Give _______ mL. | 130 mcg = 0.000130 / 0.00005 = 2.6 mL |
| A patient agitated from alcohol withdrawal is to receive Haloperidol 3.5 mg. po twice a day. Give ___ mL per dose. | 3.5 mg /2 mg = 1.75 mL |
| A patient is to receive 100 mg of Cephalexin oral suspension po every day for two weeks. Available is a bottle that, once reconstituted according to package directions, yields 125 mg/5 mL. Give _____ mL. | 100 mg / 125 mg x 5 mL = 4 mL |
| A healthcare provider orders Voriconazole oral suspension for a patient. To prepare the medication, it must be reconstituted with mL of diluent. | Add 46 mL |
| Following the reconstitution directions on the given label, how many mg/mL of medication will result? _______ mg/ _______ mL. | 100 mg / 5 mL |
| A healthcare provider orders 12.5 mg. of Vibramycin daily. The available vial reads, “add 47.6 mL of water to obtain a concentration of 25 mg per 5 mL.” Give mL. | 12.5 mg x 5 mL / 25 mg = 2.5 mL |
| The pharmacy prepares Famotidine for a patient with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). If the patient receives 1.25 mL of the medication after reconstitution, the patient has received ____ mg. Label showing Famotidine oral suspension | 40mg :5 mL = X mg : 1.25mL =10 mg 40x 1.25 = 5x = 10 mg |
| Following the instructions on the label given, 24 mL of distilled or purified water is to be added to reconstitute Fluconazole. The healthcare provider orders 150 mg x I dose. How many mL are given? | 40 mg :1 mL = 150 mg : X mL = 3.75 |
| The pharmacy prepares an oral solution of Clindamycin palmitate. If diluted according to package directions, there is a total of ______ mg of medication in the container. Label showing clindamycin palmitate USP Use numbers only. | 75 mg / 5mL x 100 mL = 7500/5 = 1500 mg |
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Brandi Sizemore
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