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 240 mL Sig: 1 tsp PO BID PRN The tablets are available at a strength of 20 mg. Assume that when the the minimum number of tablets is used to prepare this compounded suspension, the crushed tablets take up 12.2 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 patient is prescribed venlafaxine 37.5 mg daily for 7 days, increasing by 37.5 mg every week until a maximum daily dose of 225 mg is reached. A total of 8 weeks treatment must be dispensed. You supply your total stock of 84 venlafaxine 37.5 mg tablets. How many tablets are still owed to the patient?

A physician orders a 375 mg/m2 dose of Rituxan in 500 mL NS for a patient with a BSA of . Rituxan is available in 10 mL vials in a concentration of 10 mg/mL. How many mL will be added to the IV bag?

A prescription order calls for procainamide 0.5 g. In the pharmacy, the technician uses a 1g/10 mL vial to prepare the dose, which is injected into a 150 mL D5W IV bag for infusion. Assuming conventional overfill for the IV bag, what should the flow rate be in mL/hr if the dose of the drug is 2 mg/min? Round to the nearest whole mL.

Demonstrate the procedure for arriving at the answer. A. It is necessary to carry out baths with Amitraz 12.5% in a batch of 25 patients. The product label says to dilute 1.5 ml of the product in 1 liter of water, for this there is a 50-liter water tank to prepare the product. Each patient corresponds to 1.2 L of the product diluted in water for an effective treatment. Calculate: a) total ml of amitraz needed to make the dilution in the water tank. b) ml of the product for each patient. c) Total ml of diluted Amitraz for the batch of patients. Answer: R: a) 75 ml. b) 1200 ml. c) 30.000 ml (Ctrl)-

I. Give concentration in units of mg/ml for the following solutions. 50 g/liter 0.5 g/ml 5mg/ml 500 mg/liter Show your work

You need to give a patient 62.5 micrograms of digoxin orally. You have digoxin liquid containing 50 micrograms/mL. How much do you need to draw up?

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 patient, whose weight is 80.5 kg and height is 63 inches, is to receive dacarbazine in 250 mL 5% dextrose injection over 30 to 60 minutes. Dacarbazine is available as 200 mg/vial reconstituted to 10 mg/mL. How many mL will be needed to add to the IV bag?

Clindamycin 150mg PO every 6 hours is ordered for a child weighting 40lb 10oz. the recommended dose is 8-25mg/kg/day in three or four divided doses. On hand is Clindamycin 75mg/ml oral solution.  If safe, how many ml will you give?