Homework Help: pharmacy tech

Posted by cleondra on Friday, December 7, 2012 at 1:10pm.

the recommended dose for gentamicin is 5mg/kg/ day in threee divided doses.If a patient weighs 164lb, how many milligrams should that patient recieve for each dose?

which of the following drugs is classed as an h2 antagonist?

pharmacy tech - Jennifer, Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 6:41pm
convert 164 lb to kg;

5 mg/kg/day * 1day/3doses

= 5/3 mg/kg per dose

Multiply this number by the weight of the patient in kg

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