U.S. ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT CENTER AND SCHOOLFORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS 78234-6100

PHARMACEUTICALCALCULATIONS

SUBCOURSE MD0802 EDITION 200

DEVELOPMENT

This subcourse is approved for resident and correspondence course instruction. Itreflects the current thought of the Academy of Health Sciences and conforms to printedDepartment of the Army doctrine as closely as currently possible. Development andprogress render such doctrine continuously subject to change.

ADMINISTRATION

For comments or questions regarding enrollment, student records, or shipments,contact the Nonresident Instruction Section at DSN 471-5877, commercial (210) 221-5877, toll-free 1-800-344-2380; fax: 210-221-4012 or DSN 471-4012, e-mailaccp@amedd.army.mil, or write to:COMMANDERAMEDDC&SATTN MCCS HSN2105 11TH STREET SUITE 4192FORT SAM HOUSTON TX 78234-5064Approved students whose enrollments remain in good standing may apply to theNonresident Instruction Section for subsequent courses by telephone, letter, or e-mail.Be sure your social security number is on all correspondence sent to the Academy ofHealth Sciences.

CLARIFICATION OF TRAINING LITERATURE TERMINOLOGY

When used in this publication, words such as "he," "him," "his," and "men" are intendedto include both the masculine and feminine genders, unless specifically stated otherwiseor when obvious in context..

USE OF PROPRIETARY NAMES

The initial letters of the names of some products are capitalized in this subcourse. Suchnames are proprietary names, that is, brand names or trademarks. Proprietary nameshave been used in this subcourse only to make it a more effective learning aid. The useof any name, proprietary or otherwise, should not be interpreted as an endorsement,deprecation, or criticism of a product; nor should such use be considered to interpret thevalidity of proprietary rights in a name, whether it is registered or not.

TABLE OF CONTENTSLesson Paragraphs

INTRODUCTION1 PHARMACEUTICAL CALCULATIONS ISection I. Review of Basic Mathematics.....................................1-1----1-20Section II. Temperature Conversions..........................................1-21--1-24Section III. Prescription Interpretation. .........................................1-25--1-29Section IV. Ratio and Proportion...................................................1-30--1-32Section V. The Metric System......................................................1-33--1-38Section VI. Common Systems of Measure....................................1-39--1-41Section VII. Reduction and Enlargement of Formulas....................1-42--1-44Exercises2 PHARMACEUTICAL CALCULATIONS IISection I. Specific Gravity...........................................................2-1---2-3Section II. Percentage Preparations............................................2-4---2-6Section III. Dilution of Stock Preparations.....................................2-7---2-9Section IV. Alligation.....................................................................2-10-2-13Exercises3

PHARMACEUTICAL CALCULATIONS III.......................................3-1--3-5Exercises