11.Order: Flagyl (metronidazole) 7.5mg/kg PO q6h. how many mg of this amebicide would you administer to a patient who weighs 150 lb?

12.Paxil (paroxetine HCI) 50 mg PO daily has been ordered for your patient. Only 10-mg, 20-mg, and 30-mg strength tablets are available. which combination of tablets would you administer?

13.Keftab (cephalexin) 50 mg/kg PO

in two equally divided doses in prescribed for a patient who weighs 40

kilograms. If each tablet contains 500 mg, how many tablets of this

cephalosporin antibiotic will the patient receive per dose?

14.A patient who is diagnosed with

rheumatoid arthritis is ordered Voltaren (diclofenac sodium) 50 mg PO t.i.d.

Your drug reference book states that the dose should not exceed 225 mg daily.

Is the prescribed dose safe?

15.A patient is 183 cm tall and weighs

73 kg. If the order is 44.6 mg/m^2 of a drug PO daily, how many 30 mg tablets

of the drug will you administer?

16.An adult is ordered vinblastine

25 mg IVP weekly. the recommended dose is 3.7 to 19.5 mg/m^2. The patient

weighs 195 lbs and is 5 feet 11 inches tall. is the ordered dose within the recommended

range? (Hint:think where you can multiply the BSA)

17.The order is for KCL 20 mEq.

You have available KCL 8 mEq per 5 ml. How many ml will you administer?

18.The order Codeine Sulfate gr

1/2. You have available Codeine Sulfate 30 mg tablets. How many tablets will

you administer? (gr 1 = 60 mg) gr is a grain.

19.The physician ordered two

Tylenol #3 (codeine 30 mg, acetaminophen 300mg) PO every 6 hours. How many

milligram of acetaminophen will the patient have received by the end of the

day?