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Calculations Lecture 2 Homework

This document provides examples and exercises for calculating drug dosages and quantities based on available formulations. It includes examples of calculating the number of tablets or volume of liquid needed based on the prescribed dose, available strengths, and administration instructions. Questions are provided as practice problems to determine the number of doses, total quantity in milligrams or milliliters, and to look up dosing information for specific drugs and conditions using sources like the BNF.

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Calculations Lecture 2 Homework

This document provides examples and exercises for calculating drug dosages and quantities based on available formulations. It includes examples of calculating the number of tablets or volume of liquid needed based on the prescribed dose, available strengths, and administration instructions. Questions are provided as practice problems to determine the number of doses, total quantity in milligrams or milliliters, and to look up dosing information for specific drugs and conditions using sources like the BNF.

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Calculations Lectures Homework

Lecture 2: Quantity to supply & using the BNF in calculations

Exercise 1 – calculating simple doses and quantities

Quick tip:
Number of tablets = what you want / what you’ve got
A patient is prescribed 80mg of furosemide but the tablets are available as 40mg each. How
many tablets are required?
Answer: 80mg (what you want) is divided by 40mg (what you’ve got) which gives you an answer
of 2 tablets.

200mg is prescribed and tablets available as 100mg each. How


many tablets do you give?
150mcg is prescribed and tablets available as 75mcg tablets. How
many tablets do you give?
2mg is prescribed and tablets available as 500mcg. How many
tablets do you give?
3 tablets each contain 500mg. What is the total dose in mg?

2 tablets each contain 150mcg. What is the total dose in mg?

100mg BD is prescribed and tablets available as 25mg. How many


tablets do you give?
75mcg OD is prescribed and tablets are available as 25mcg. How
many tablets do you give?
5 tablets each contain 2mg. What is the total dose in mcg?

Exercise 2 – calculating measures of liquids

Quick tip:
Number of measures = amount prescribed / amount per measure
The measure is the unit amount of liquid. In this case it is one millilitre.

Drug X is available as 100mg/ml and 200mg is prescribed. What volume will be given in ml?
Answer: The amount prescribed is 200mg and the amount per measure is 100mg. 200mg
divided by 100mg is 2. Each measure is 1ml so we should give 2x1ml = 2ml

Sometimes, medications will have other concentrations, such as 50mg/5ml. A different


calculation is then required.
Volume to be given = amount prescribed x unit volume / amount per unit volume
Drug X is available as 100mg/5ml and 200mg is prescribed. What volume will be given in ml?
Answer: The amount prescribed is 200mg and the amount per measure is 100mg. 200mg
divided by 100mg is 2. Each measure is 5ml so we should give 2x5ml = 10ml
OR 200mg x 5ml / 100mg = 10ml

Drug X is available as 100mg/ml. Prescription is for 25mg. How


many ml do you give?
Drug Y is available as 10mg/5ml. Prescription is for 50mg. How
many ml do you give?
Drug Z is available as 10mg/2ml. Prescription is for 0.1g. How many
ml do you give?
Drug X is available as 10mg/ml. How many mg is there is 5ml?

Drug Y is available as 100mcg/ml. How many mg is there is 10ml?

Drug Z is available as 75mg/5ml. How many g are there in 15ml?

Drug X is available as 25mcg/5ml. Prescription is for 125mcg. How


many ml do you give?
Drug Y is available as 100mcg/5ml. Prescription is for 0.5mg. How
many ml do you give?

Exercise 3 – Using the BNF


Tip – use the BNF for all adult patients and use the BNFC for all patients under the age of 18

How many tablets of amoxicillin 500mg does


patient X (an adult) require to treat community
acquired pneumonia (using the lower acceptable
dose)
How many mg in total are there in a bottle of
Frusol 20mg/5ml (furosemide oral solution).
What is the total daily dose for a 1 month old
child prescribed the lowest dose of morphine
using their average weight for their age. Give
your answer in mg.

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