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Calculating Oral Drug
Dosages
What are oral drugs?
Are substances which are administered
orally can be in the form of tablet, capsule,
or liquid. Oral drugs are mostly available
in a limited number of strengths or
concentrations.
Interpreting Oral
Drug Labels
1. Identify the Drug Name
• Know the difference between the
brand name and generic name.
• The generic name usually appears
in lowercase print and sometimes
in parentheses.
 WAR N I N G !
• Pay attention to the active, or generic
name, since too much of an active
ingredient can be harmful if you take
more than one product with the same
active ingredient without knowing it.
2. See the Dosage Strength
Be keen in checking the dose
strength because it forms part of
the dosage calculation.
3. Check the Expiration Date

• You also have to check the expiry

date. It is a vital information which is
sometimes overlooked.
 TIP TOREMEMBER

• For best shelf life, store all

medications in a cool, dry place.
Calculating Drug
Dosages
Rules in Calculating Drug Dosages

1. Use the correct units of measure to

avoid errors in calculating doses.
2. Be careful in placing decimal and
zero.
3. Double-check strange answers.
 Calculating Drug
Dosages Using Ratios in
Proportion
Example 1:
• How many ml of a medicine
are in two bottles if one bottle
has 60 ml?
Step 1. Prepare the equation by using
ratios in proportion.
Step 2: Start with the solution by
considering that the product of the
means is equivalent to the product of
the extremes.
Step 3: Solve for the value of X.
Example 2:
• How many mg of a drug
are in 4 capsules if 3
capsules contain 1500 mg?
DIRECTION:
Compute the following
drug dosages using ratios
in proportion.
1. How many ml of a medicine are there in 6
bottles if there are 180 ml in 2 bottles?
2. If 10 capsules contain 2500 mg. How many
mg of drug are in 5 capsules?
3. Aika needs to take 2 tablets of medicine
containing 250 mg in a day. How many tablets
is she going to take if she needs 1000 mg?
If you are asked to buy oral drug
medicine by your parents, what
are the things you need to
consider in buying oral drugs?
• Why it is important to
know the three important
labels in oral drugs?
• Direction: Fill in the
blank with the words
inside the capsule.
 In interpreting ____1____ drugs, it is
important to know the difference between
___2____ and ___3____ name. You must
also make sure to look for the ____4_____
of the medicine to know the accurate
dosage calculation of the drug. It is vital to
check for the ___5___ of medicine to
assure that it is still safe to take the oral
drugs.
Expiration date Dosage strength

Generic
oral
brand
ASSIGNMENT
Calculate for the oral drug dosage of the following.
• Lolo Paolo is recommended to buy 2 bottles of
vitamins containing 500 ml. How many bottles is he
going to buy if 1500 ml is recommended to him?
• Patient X takes 250 mg of tablet every 4 hours. How
many mg of tablets the patient needs to take after 24
hours?
• How many mg of a drug are in 8 capsules if 16
capsules contain 8000 mg?