Question

A medication label indicates that 2.5 mL of water added to l g of powdered medication yields 3 mL of solution. What is the dosage strength of the medication after reconstitution?

Answer 1

Dosage strength of the medication is 1 gm or 1000 mg of medicine in 3 ml solution.

Dosage strength per ml = available dose $\div$ available volume

                                      = 1000 mg $\div$ 3 ml

Each ml contains 333.3 mg.