Calculation of Doses: General Considerations (Part 1) Prescription, Dose, Routes of Drugs, Dose Administration, Dosage Forms and Dose Measurements Flashcards
At the end of the lesson, the students must have: 1. Explained the various parts of a prescription and their uses. 2. Applied the Latin terms and abbreviations in the prescription. 3. Executed competence in calculation of dosages based on general considerations.
It is an instruction written by a medical practitioner that authorizes a patient to be provided a medicine or treatment.
The correct answer is: Prescription
It is the quantity or amount of drug or drug formulation taken by, or administered to, a patient to achieve a therapeutic outcome.
The correct answer is: Dose
Rx recipe means
The correct answer is: Take thou
It guarantees the authenticity of the prescription.
The correct answer is: Signature of the physician
It is the computer-to-computer transfer of prescription information between authorized prescribers, pharmacies, intermediaries and payers under a nationally accepted standards.
The correct answer is: e-prescribing
Gutta means (in English)
The correct answer is: drop
The Generics Act or RA 6675 was approved in the year
The correct answer is: 1988
It indicates a patient’s following of the instructions for taking the medication prescribed, including the correct dose, dosing frequency and duration of treatment .
The correct answer is: Medication adherence
When the brand name does not correspond with the generic name, the prescription is said to be
The correct answer is: Impossible prescription
The amount of drug taken at one time.
The correct answer is: Single dose
A prescription requires two suppositories of drug Y for 3/7. How many suppositories should be supplied? 3/7 is the abbreviation for 3 days
The correct answer is: 6 suppositories
A prescription requires a patient to receive a quantity of indigestion mixture with a dosage regimen of 15 mL four times a day for 5 days. How many 5 - mL spoonfuls of the mixture will the patient require to take for each dose?
The correct answer is: 3 5-ml spoonsful
A prescription requires a patient to receive a quantity of indigestion mixture with a dosage regimen of 15 mL four times a day for 5 days. Calculate the total volume, in mL, that should be supplied to the patient.
The correct answer is: 300 mL
A prescription requires a patient to receive a quantity of indigestion mixture with a dosage regimen of 15 mL four times a day for 5 days. Calculate the number of doses.
The correct answer is: 20 doses
A prescription requires a dose of 200 mg of paracetamol. What volume, in mL, of paracetamol suspension (250 mg/5 mL) would provide a dose of 200 mg?
The correct answer is: 4 mL
A customer buys an over-the-counter pack of 100 vitamin capsules. The dosage regimen is one capsule three times a day. How many days will the pack last if the customer takes the capsules according to the dosage regimen?
The correct answer is: 33 days
A patient requires an intramuscular injection of 0.5 mg of salbutamol. Salbutamol is available as an injection containing 100 microgram/mL. How many milliliters of injection will supply the required dose?
The correct answer is: 5 mL
A patient requires 15 mg of morphine sulfate by SC injection every four hours for sixteen hours. Morphine sulfate is available as 20 mg/mL. What is the total quantity of morphine sulfate given over the 16 hours?
The correct answer is: 3 mL
A prescription requires 360 mg of paracetamol to be taken 4 times a day for 3 days, supplied as pediatric paracetamol, 120 mg/5 mL suspension. Calculate the volume, in mL, of paracetamol suspension to be supplied.
The correct answer is: 180 mL
An inhaler contains 200 metered doses. If the patients inhales two doses three times a day, how long will the inhaler last? (Number of days)
The correct answer is: 33 days
A patient requires 8 mg of Drug X per day for 1 week followed by 7 mg of the drug per day for the next week. Drug X is available as 1 mg and 4 mg. How many tablets of each strength should the pharmacist supply. For item number 9, use the available 4 mg
The correct answer is: 26 tablets
A patient requires 8 mg of Drug X per day for 1 week followed by 7 mg of the drug per day for the next week. Drug X is available as 1 mg and 4 mg. How many tablets of each strength should the pharmacist supply. For item number 8, use the available 1 mg
The correct answer is: 105 tablets
A patient is prescribed two tablets of a drug four times a day for 3 months. How many tablets of drug should the pharmacist dispense? ( assume: there are 4 weeks in those months)
The correct answer is: 672 tablets
A residential home buys a 1000 pack of Senna tablets. Each resident is given two tablets each night. There are 35 residents. How long will it take to use all the senna tablets? (number of days)
The correct answer is: 14 days
A patient requires 15 mg of morphine sulfate by SC injection every four hours for sixteen hours. Morphine sulfate is available as 20 mg/mL. What volume, in mL, of the injection should be given on each dosing occasion?
The correct answer is: 0.75 mL
