Reference no: EM133296849
Questions
1. A patient is receiving medication B that comes in tablets of 55 mg in each.
A patient is to take 2 tablets at a time every 4 hours, but not to exceed the total amount of 550 mg a day.
a) If the first dose of the day is given at 8 AM, when is the last dose administered?
2. Medication Z is prescribed for a 50 kg woman and is to be given in enteric-coated pills of 125 mg per pill.
This medication is to be administered every 6 hours, but the total daily amount cannot exceed 8 mg per kg of body weight per day.
a) How many pills will this patient need?
b) If the first dose is administered at 6 AM, when is the last dose given?
3. A patient is to receive Medication Y at the total amount of 28 mg/kg body weight per day. This is a 168 lb man.
The medication comes in 250 mg enteric-coated pills.
a) How many pills can this patient take maximum per day?
b) If the dose is 2 pills at a time, given every 4 hours, and the first dose is given at 7 AM, when is the last dose given?