A pharmacist is preparing a compounded oral suspension preparation using commercially available tablets as the source of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). The recipe is as follows: "API" 0.8 mg/mL Structured suspension vehicle qs ad 180 mL Sig: 2 tsp PO BID PRN The tablets are available at a strength of 25 mg. Assume that when the the minimum number of tablets is used to prepare this compounded suspension, the crushed tablets take up 9.5 mL of volume.What volume of suspension structured vehicle will be needed to prepare this compounded oral solution?Round the answer to one decimal place.
A pharmacist is preparing a compounded oral suspension preparation using commercially available tablets as the source of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). The recipe is as follows: "API" 0.8 mg/mL Structured suspension vehicle qs ad 180 mL Sig: 2 tsp PO BID PRN The tablets are available at a strength of 25 mg. Assume that when the the minimum number of tablets is used to prepare this compounded suspension, the crushed tablets take up 9.5 mL of volume.What volume of suspension structured vehicle will be needed to prepare this compounded oral solution?Round the answer to one decimal place.
Chapter6: Oral Medication Labels And Dosage Calculation
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A pharmacist is preparing a compounded oral suspension preparation using commercially available tablets as the source of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). The recipe is as follows:
"API" 0.8 mg/mL
Structured suspension vehicle qs ad 180 mL
Sig: 2 tsp PO BID PRN
The tablets are available at a strength of 25 mg. Assume that when the the minimum number of tablets is used to prepare this compounded suspension, the crushed tablets take up 9.5 mL of volume.
What volume of suspension structured vehicle will be needed to prepare this compounded oral solution?
Round the answer to one decimal place.
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