MEDİCİNE:VİSİNE ELEMENT:N Jordan Holdaway & Julia Duffy

PRIMARY ACTIVE CHEMICAL AND FORMULA

The primary active chemical for Visine is Polyethylene glycol 400 which is a
lubricant.

Its formula is C13 H16 N2

TRADE NAME
Tetrahydrozoline
STRUCTURAL
FORMULA FOR
COMPOUND

Blue – Nitrogen
Black – Carbon
White -
MOLAR MASS OF
SUBSTANCE
C13H16 N2
C (13) 12.01 = 156.13
H (16) 1.01 = 16.16
N (2) 14.01 = 28.02
200.31 g/mol
TASK 4:
If a prescription reads 1.5% w/v, how many grams
of your medication would be delivered by a 250 cc
dosage?
1cc = 1mL 1.5% = 1.5g/100mL % v/v = vol
med/100mL
w/v = g/mL % w/v = gmed/100mL

250mL(1.5g/100mL) = 3.75g of Visine

TASK 5:

If a patient ingests 400 mg of medicine, how many atoms of your specific

element are they taking in?

V = Visine at = Atom N = Nitrogen

400mg Visine ( 1g/

1000mgV)(1mol/200.31gV)(6.022E23molecV/1molV)(2atN/1molecV)=
2.410E21
TASK 6:
In order to obtain 15 grams of your particular element, what number of molecules of
your medicine must be ingested by the patient?

15g N ( 1N moles/14gN)(6.022E23 at N/1molN) ( 1molec/2mol N) =

3.23E23 Visine
 TASK 7:
Assuming your medicine can be delivered orally, how many cubic centimeters of a
2:500 w/v solution are needed to prepare 13 Liters of a 1:2000 w/v solution?
2/500 = .004% w/v 1/2000 = .0005% w/v > 13L = 13000mL
V1*C1 = V2 *C2
V (.004) = 13000mL(.0005)
V(.004)/.004 = 6.4/.004

1625 mL
 Find Clark’s Rule and use it to solve this situation. A 6 year old
child weighs 42 pounds. The adult dose of your medicine is 375
mg. What is the appropriate dosage for the child?

42/150 * 375mg = 105mg

TASK 8:
TASK 9:
If a patient takes 2-200 mg caplets, TID, how many
days will take for the patient to ingest 4.75 moles
of your medication?
V = Visine at = Atom molec = Molecule
N = Nitrogen mol = Moles
200mg*2*3 = 1200mg/day
4.75molV(200.31gV/1molV)(100mgV/1gV) =
95147.25mg
95147.25/1200 = 79.29 days
HALF-LIFE
If the half-life of your particular
medication is 8 days and you
begin with a 100 g sample,
what mass remains after 40
days?

100g* (½) ^40/8 = 3.125g