Reference no: EM133246756
Assignment:
1. Mr. Mkembe brings you this prescription: Ipatropium 0.02% (500 micrograms/2.5mL) use 500 micrograms in nebulizer four times daily. Dispense one month's supply.
How many mLs will be billed to the insurance company?
2. Which device is dispensed with a metered dose inhaler to help get the drug into the lungs?
3. Which medications used for tuberculosis should receive an auxiliary label that reads "This drug interferes with the effectiveness of oral contraceptives"?
4. Johnnie Sparza, a four year old patient, is using his nebulizer correctly, but he constantly gets bronchial infections. Casually, you ask his mother how often she cleans the nebulizer. She replies, "oh, every now and then."
a. What might be the source of johnnie's infections?
b. Explain to johnnie's mother how often she should clean the nebulizer.
5. Which drug is made from human plasma and therefore carries the risk of transmitting infections?