The community pharmacy receives a prescription for amoxil 300mg q 6hrs x 10 days. The amoxil is to be reconsti
Posted on September 10th, 2008 in Antibiotics
ramona c asked:
tuted to a strength of 200 mg/5ml. how many mls of medication will need to be dispensed to fill this prescription?
tuted to a strength of 200 mg/5ml. how many mls of medication will need to be dispensed to fill this prescription?
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September 14th, 2008
A dose of 300mg would require 7.5ml of the 200mg/5ml solution.
7.5ml x 4 x 10 = 300ml
September 17th, 2008
7.5mls would give 300mg’s
But that’s awkward!
Much better to make it 150mg / 5ml - and just give 10ml ?
September 18th, 2008
First find out the total amount of dosage you need for the 10 days: 300mg X 4 X10 = 12,000mg
Then 200mg/5mL= 12,000mg/x where x is the vol of 200mg/5mL needed to fill the prescription.
Answer: 300mL
Verify: Will 300 mL of 200mg/5mL = 12,000mg? Yes.
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