The patient receives armour thyroid 60 mg bid for hashmito’s thyroiditis. On the med cart you find armour 30mg/tab. You are asked to figure out the patients total daily dose. What is c? Show all work
To find the patient's total daily dose, we need to calculate the total amount of medication the patient needs to take in a day.
The patient is prescribed Armour Thyroid 60 mg bid, which means they need to take this dosage twice a day.
First, let's calculate the total dosage of Armour Thyroid the patient needs to take in one dose:
60 mg/dose × 1 dose = 60 mg
Since the patient needs to take this dosage twice a day, we multiply it by 2:
60 mg/dose × 2 doses/day = 120 mg/day
Therefore, the patient's total daily dose is 120 mg.
To find the patient's total daily dose, we need to determine the number of tablets of Armour Thyroid 30mg required per day.
Given:
Armour Thyroid tablet strength: 30mg
Frequency of medication: bid (twice a day)
To calculate the total daily dose, we can use the following formula:
Total daily dose = Tablet strength × Number of tablets per dose × Number of doses per day
Let's substitute the given values into the formula:
Tablet strength = 30mg
Number of tablets per dose = 1 (since each dose requires one tablet)
Number of doses per day = 2 (bid, or twice a day)
Total daily dose = 30mg × 1 × 2
Total daily dose = 60mg
Therefore, the patient's total daily dose of Armour Thyroid is 60mg.