The licensed practitioner orders Ceclor 0.375 g PO bid. You have on hand Ceclor oral suspension 187 mg per 5 mL. How many mg of Ceclor are ordered?
Understand the Problem
The question is asking to find the number of milligrams of Ceclor that are ordered, given that the practitioner orders 0.375 g PO bid, and the available Ceclor oral suspension is 187 mg per 5 mL.
Answer
375
Answer for screen readers
375
Steps to Solve
- Convert grams to milligrams
Convert the ordered dose from grams (g) to milligrams (mg) using the conversion factor 1 g = 1000 mg
$0.375 \text{ g} \times \frac{1000 \text{ mg}}{1 \text{ g}} = 375 \text{ mg}$
- Determine the amount of Ceclor ordered
The practitioner ordered 375 mg of Ceclor per dose.
375
More Information
The question asks for the amount of Ceclor ordered in milligrams, which we found to be 375 mg. The information about the Ceclor oral suspension (187 mg per 5 mL) is not needed to answer this question. It would be needed if the question had asked about how many mL to administer.
Tips
A common mistake is to get confused by the extra information provided in the question (the concentration of the oral suspension) thinking it is needed to solve for the required dose, when in fact a simple unit conversion is all that is required to answer the question asked. Paying close attention to the exact information asked for in the question is important in avoiding this error.
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