Doxazosin is an antihypertensive drug of the alpha-1 adrenergic blocker type. If a patient is taking 10 mg/day and the supply consists entirely of 100 2-mg tablets, for how many days will the patient’s supply of doxazosin tablets last?
Ordered dose= 10 mg/day
Total tablets=100 numbers
1 tablet= 2 mg
So, for 1 day patient needs 5 tablets( 5*2=10)
so, total number of days supply will last= 100÷5 =20 days
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