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3. Amiodarone is used to treat patients with irregular, fast heart rates. The standard maintenance dose is 400 mg/day administered orally, which achieves a Ga of 2.0 μα/ml. Amiodarone has a Ma of 66 Lkg and a half-life of 53 days, if amiodarone were administered by IV infusion, what would be the infusion rate (R d necessary to reach a点012.0 ㎍md? (3 points) 4. How long would an infusion of amiodarone require to reach just 1.0 ug/ml? (2 points)

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