You are running a travel clinic with your pharmacy and as an independent prescriber you can write prescriptions for malarial prophylaxis. Within your clinic, you use the maximum recommended treatment length for all courses. A family of two are travelling to Ghana for 14 days. The most recent weights of the family members are shown below. Mum: 54kgChild 1: 27kg Below are the prices that you charge each of the drugs that are suitable for this family. They can either all take Lariam or the Malarone/Malarone Paediatric Lariam tabs £14.48 per pack (8 tablets)Malarone £25.20 per pack (12 tablets)Malarone Paediatric £6.24 per pack (12 tablets) Using the information available to you and the relevant SPC (at the end of the worksheet), calculate the price difference between the two regimens. (Give your answer to the nearest pound)
You are running a travel clinic with your pharmacy and as an independent
prescriber you can write prescriptions for malarial prophylaxis. Within your clinic,
you use the maximum recommended treatment length for all courses.
A family of two are travelling to Ghana for 14 days. The most recent weights
of the family members are shown below.
Mum: 54kg
Child 1: 27kg
Below are the prices that you charge each of the drugs that are suitable for this family. They
can either all take Lariam or the Malarone/Malarone Paediatric
Lariam tabs £14.48 per pack (8 tablets)
Malarone £25.20 per pack (12 tablets)
Malarone Paediatric £6.24 per pack (12 tablets)
Using the information available to you and the relevant SPC (at the end of the
worksheet), calculate the price difference between the two regimens. (Give your
answer to the nearest pound)
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