the patient is going on vacation for 10 days, and must take his medication with him. His physician has ordered 1 g QID. The medication is available in 500 mg capsules. How many capsules will the pharmacist dispense so the patient will have enough for the 10 days?
The dose of medication physician ordered is 1 g QID (four times a day)
The dosage of medication availability is 500mg
The patient needs medication to be dispensed for 10 days
For one day the patient needs 4 gms of medication and the available capsules are of 500 gms which means the patient has to take 8 capsules per day.
8 capsules for ten days will be 8 10 = 80
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