SOLUTION: A doctor administers a drug to a 35-kg patient, using a dosage formula of 45 mg/kg/day. Assume that the drug is available in a 100 mg per 5 mL suspension or in 200 mg tabl

Question 1137747: A doctor administers a drug to a 35-kg patient, using a dosage formula of 45 mg/kg/day. Assume that the drug is available in a 100 mg per 5 mL suspension or in 200 mg tablets.
The patient should take how many pills every four hours.
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the patient weighs 35 kilograms.

the dosage is 45 milligrams per kilogram per day.

since the patient is 35 kilograms, then the dosage needs to be 45 * 35 = 1575 milligrams per day.

if the drug is available in 200 milligram tablets, then the patient requires 1575 / 200 = 7.875 tablets per day.

if the drug is available in 5 milliliter suspensions, then the patient requires 1575 / 100 = 15.75 suspensions per day.

your questions is how many pills should the patient take every 4 hours.

since there are 24 hours in a day, then 24 / 4 = 6.

7.875 tablets per day / 6 = 1.3125 tablets every 4 hours.

15.75 suspensions per day / 6 = 2.625 suspensions every 4 hours.

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SOLUTION: A doctor administers a drug to a 35​-kg ​patient, using a dosage formula of 45 ​mg/kg/day. Assume that the drug is available in a 100 mg per 5 mL suspension or in 200 mg tabl

SOLUTION: A doctor administers a drug to a 35-kg patient, using a dosage formula of 45 mg/kg/day. Assume that the drug is available in a 100 mg per 5 mL suspension or in 200 mg tabl