Question

a patient is prescribed furosemide 40 mg by mouth twice a day. how many tablets should the patient receive for the entire day if the medication available is 80 mg/tablet? 0.5 tablets 1 tablets 1.5 tablets 2 tablets

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate daily dosage in mg

The patient takes 40 mg twice a day. So daily dosage is $40\space mg\times2 = 80\space mg$.

Step2: Calculate number of tablets

Each tablet is 80 mg. So number of tablets is $\frac{80\space mg}{80\space mg/tablet}= 1\space tablet$.

Answer:

1 tablets