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.
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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