Problema Solution

a physician orders 1.8 g of tetracycline to be given to a patient every 6 hours. if your stock on hand is 500 mg tablets, how many will you need for 1 day's treatment.

Answer provided by our tutors

dosage needed = 1.8 g  every 6 hours

means in a day there will be 4 dosage  

total amount needed  = 1.8*4 = 7.2 gm

we have  500mg tablets 

we nee

7.2/0.5 =  14.4 tablets