Drug content in the container
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A patient is taking an oral solution 2 tsp QD. If the patient is taking 556 mg of the drug in each dose, and if the bottle supplies the drug for 30 days, then calculate the amount of drug (in gram unit) contained in the bottle.
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lb equals 16.68 g kg
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Volume of each dose (2 tsp) = 10 mL.
Number of dose per day (QD) = 1
Numder of days the bottle is supplied for (30 days) = 30
Therefore, volume of the medication in the bottle = 10 × 1 × 30 mL = 300 mL.
Given that, there is 556 mg drug contained in each dose (2 tsp). Therefore, we can write:
`(556\quad mg)/(10\quad mL)=x/(300 \quad mL)`
`therefore x = 16680 \quad mg = 16.68\quad g` Ans.