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A patient weighs 132 pounds. She must receive medication in the amount of 70 mg/kg/day. The medication is available in tablets of 350 mg. She must take 3 equal doses each day.

Calculate the total number of milligrams the patient must receive each day.


Calculate the number of capsules the patient should take in each dose.

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Answer:

4 tablets t.i.d. (Three times a day)

Explanation:

By use of Dimensional Analysis, you can figure this out:

First, find how many mg she will take in a day:

[tex](132 lbs)(\frac{0.454 kg}{1 lbs})=59.9 kg\\(59.9 kg)(\frac{70 mg}{1 kg} )=4,195mg\\[/tex]

Since she will take 3 equal doses, divide this by 3:

[tex]\frac{4,195 mg}{3} =1398\text{ mg dose}[/tex]

To find the # of tablets per dose, divide dose in mg by mg per tablet:

[tex](\frac{1398 mg}{dose})(\frac{1 tablet}{350 mg} )=3.995\frac{tablets}{dose}[/tex]

Since you can't realistically take .995 of a tablet, round up to 4.

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