Question

question 5 (mandatory) (2 points)
a physician instructs a patient with an ulcer to start tagamet hb (otc) 200mg tablets bid po for 14 days.
how many tablets are needed to fill this rx?

Explanation:

Step1: Identify dosage frequency

The patient takes the tablets BID (twice - a - day).

Step2: Calculate total number of doses in 14 days

The number of days is 14. Since the patient takes 2 doses per day, the total number of doses is $2\times14 = 28$ doses.

Step3: Determine number of tablets

Each dose is 1 tablet. So the number of tablets needed is equal to the number of doses.

Answer:

28