Questions:

1. List the usual amounts of liquid ordered to be administered by the following routes:
a. oral

b. intramuscular

c. subcutaneous

What is the major system of measurement used in the calculation of drug dosages for solid and
liquid preparations?

What instruction will you give to the patient using combivent to ensure there will be no overdose
of the drug?

What are the different potency of ASA in the market? Give the specific use of each potency.

The dose of drug is 10 mg / Kg. body weight. How much of the drug should be given to a patient
weighing 210 lb.?
A. Order: Erythromycin oral suspension 600 mg p.o. q6h
Available: Erythromycin (Erythrocin) 400 mg/5 mL
1. Calculate the amount of Erythrocin in milliliters equivalent to a single dose
2. How many millilitres of the Erythrocin will the patient take per day?

B. Order: Codeine gr ss p.o. q4h p.r.n., pain

Available: Codeine 65 mg tablets
1. What is the equivalent amount in milligrams of a single dose of the Codeine?
2. How many tablets of Codeine should be patient receive per dose?
3. Calculate the total amount in milligrams the patient will receive per day.

C. Order: Levothyroxine sodium 0.075 mg p.o.q.d.

Available: Euthyrox 25 mcg, 50 mcg and 100 mcg tablet
1. Which Euthyrox tablet will you use to equal the prescribed dose?
2. How many tablets will the patient receive per day?

D. Order: Cefaclor monohydrate oral suspension 20 mg/kg/day p.o. in three equally divided
doses for a child weighing 20 lb.
Available: Ceclor 125 mg/5 mL
1. What is the equivalent weight of the patient in kilograms?
2. How many mg should the patient receive per day?
3. Calculate the amount in mL of the Ceclor per dose.

E. Order: Salmeterol xinafoate 2 inhalations bid

Available: Salmeterol xinafoate (Serevent) pressurized metered-dose inhaler
25µg/inhalation x 60 doses
1. How many of µg Serevent should the patient receive per dose?
2. How many of µg Serevent would be equal to 60 doses?
3. How many days will the pressurized metered dose inhaler be used by the patient?

F. Order: Metronidazole 250 mg tid 1 h. ac x 2d

Available: 30 mL Metronidazole (Patryl) 125 mg/5 mL Suspension
1. How many teaspoonful would be prescribed in each dose of Patryl?
2. How many bottles of Patryl must be dispensed in order to complete the required
dose?

G. Order: Ambroxol HCl 0.5 mL q12h ac

Available: Ambroxol HCl (Mepebrox) 7.5 mg/1.25 mL drops
1. How many drops should be administered for a 0.5 mL dose?
2. How many mg of Mepebrox should be administered per day?
H. A transdermal patch (Evra) contains 0.006 g of Norelgestromin and 600 µg of ethinyl
estradiol. A single patch is applied and worn for 1 full week and begins on the 1 st day of
menses but the 4th week is patch free. How many milligrams of each of the ingredients
are consumed for 2 months?

I. How many tbsp. of an oral drug containing 20 mg of Famotidine (H 2 bloc) in 120 mL

bottle should be used in filling a medication order of 5 mg?

J. What volume of Teriparatide (Forteo) 250 µg/mL must be administered to provide a dose
of 0.04mg?