Exam 18: Performing, Dispensing, and Compounding Calculations

Ordered: Citalopram 15 mg po bid for 60 days On hand: Citalopram oral solution 10 mg/5 mL What is the amount to dispense?

Ordered: Prandin 1 mg by mouth 3 times daily before meals for 30 days On hand: Prandin 0.5 mg tablets Calculate the amount to dispense: _______________.

Ordered: Allopurinol 300 mg tablets #90; take 1 tab po bid Calculate the days' supply: _______________.

A patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder is taking Zoloft 50 mg po twice a day. The bottle of medication shown here will last the patient _______________.

Ordered: Vistaril oral suspension 75 mg qid for 14 days On hand: See label Calculate the amount to dispense: _______________.

Ordered: Two Lantus U-100, 10 mL vials; administer 18 units subcut once daily Calculate the days' supply: _______________.

Ordered: Erythromycin Base Filmtab 250 mg 28; take 1 tab po q6h What is the days' supply?

The patient is a 6-year-old child who weighs 45 lb. Ordered: Cefprozil 7.5 mg/kg po q12h for 10 days On hand: See label Note: Partial bottles are not dispensed. Calculate the number of bottles to dispense: _______________.

Ordered: Insulin Lispro 16 units qid subcut before each meal and at bedtime for 60 days On hand: See label Calculate the number of vials to dispense: _______________.

Ordered: Insulin lispro 24 units subcut 4 times daily, with meals and at bedtime, for 90 days. On hand: 1,000 unit vials of insulin lispro Note: Partial vials are not dispensed. What is the amount to dispense?

Ordered: four 1,000 unit vials of Levemir insulin; inject 25 units subcut daily Calculate the days' supply: _______________.

Which of the following pieces of information is not necessary to calculate the days' supply of a medication?

Ordered: 2 Symbicort inhalers; take 1 puff every 12 hours. Note: Each inhaler contains 100 inhalations. Calculate the days' supply: _______________.

Ordered: Advair Diskus 250/50, 1 puff bid for 120 days On hand: Advair Diskus 250/50, each Diskus provides 60 puffs Calculate the number of Diskuses to dispense: _______________.

Ordered: Clozaril 75 mg bid for 4 days On hand: See label What is the amount to dispense?

Ordered: two 150 mL bottles of Tussionex ; take 1 ½ tsp q12h Calculate the days' supply: _______________.

An epileptic patient is taking Trileptal 600 mg po twice a day. The bottle of medication shown here will last the patient _______________.

Ordered: Coumadin 1 mg scored tablets #63; take 1.5 mg po 3 times daily Calculate the days' supply: _______________.

Ordered: Celexa 15 mg po bid for 60 days On hand: Celexa oral solution 10 mg/5 mL Calculate the amount to dispense: _______________.

Ordered: Lexapro 20 mg once daily for 45 days On hand: Lexapro 10 mg tablets Calculate the amount to dispense: _______________.