Describe the reconstitution process you use for the mixture

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Some prescriptions require reconstitution of solutions for non-injectable solutions such as oral cough medicine or topical pain creams. The process of mixing and diluting solutions is referred to as reconstitution and can be performed in retail pharmacies and non-sterile compounding pharmacies. For example; chocolate milk is made by using chocolate syrup (solute) and adding milk (solvent also called diluent). When you mix the two you are diluting the highly concentrated chocolate syrup with a liquid to create a new less concentrated tasty drink, (the mixture is called a solution).

Solute + Solvent = Solution

As a pharmacy technician you may be asked to dilute a highly concentrated medication to make a weaker concentration. The more diluent used, the weaker the percent strength. The less diluent used, the higher the percent strength. Medical notation to express the strength of a solution uses either a ratio, a percent, or a fraction.

A. Think of a non-drug item that you reconstitute in your daily life. List the ingredients, identifying which one is the active ingredient (solute) and which is the inactive ingredient (diluent or solvent).

B. Describe the reconstitution process you use for the mixture you identified above.

C. Explain why you would or would not enjoy preparing prescriptions that require reconstitution when working as a pharmacy technician.

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