PHARM 132: Pharmaceutical Calculations and Techniques

NAME: __________________________________________ SCORE: __________

YEAR/SEC: ____________ DATE: _____________________

ACTIVITY 6 LECTURE
Prescription and Dose

1. Interpret: Ft. Sup. No. XX

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2. Interpret with the corresponding verb: gtt iii o.d. every a.m.

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3. If 1 tablespoonful is prescribed as the dose, approximately, how many doses will be

contained in 2 pints of the medicine?

4. How many milliliters of a mixture would provide a patient with a teaspoon dose to be taken
three times a day for 16 days?

5. How many grams of a drug will be needed to prepare 75 dosage forms if each is to contain 35
mg?
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6. Interpret: M. ft. Cap. d.t.d. no. Xxv

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7. Interpret: tab ii stat tab 1 q. 4-6 h. x 7 days

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8. How many drops would be prescribed in each dose of a liquid medicine if 15 mL contained
60 doses? The dispensing dropper calibrates 32 drops per mL.

9. A patient requires the following liquid drug preparation for 4 weeks treatment. What volume
of each should be dispenses?

Haloperidol 1 mg/mL 2mg t.i.d.

Pholcodine 10 mg/5 mL 5 mg q.i.d.

10. A cough mixture contains 48 mg of hydromorphone hydrochloride in 5 fluid oz. How many
milligrams of hydromorphone hydrochloride are in each 2-teaspoonful dose?