methimazole tablets are given to control hyperthyroidism.
Available tablet strength is 5mg, 10mg, and 15 mg
loading dose 30mg twice a day(60 mg). Means 12 tablets of 5mg strengths.
The maintenance dose is 25 mg per day, I.e 5 tablets for 2 weeks. This means a total of 70 tablets.
if 82 tablets are prescribed for a two-week methimazole regimen, 5 milligrams of methimazole are present in each tablet.
while drugs such as levothyroxine sodium are used to treat hypothyroid conditions, drugs such as methimazole...
Levothyroxine sodium is a synthetic form of the hormone thyroxine (T4), which increases the metabolic rate. A typical adult maintenance dose is 1.7 micrograms/day for every kilogram of body mass. For a patient who weighs 194 pounds, how many 25-microgram tablets of levothyroxine sodium must be taken each day? While drugs such as levothyroxine sodium are used to treat hypothyroid conditions, drugs such as methimazole are given to control hyperthyroidism. In severe cases, an adult loading dose can be as...
Propafenone is a strong sodium channel blocker used in the treatment of arrhythmias. For an adult patient, an initial dose of 150 mg is administered every 8 hours, and is increased every third day by 50 mg per administration. What will the dose be one week after the treatment has begun?
Propafenone is a strong sodium channel blocker used in the treatment of arrhythmias. For an adult patient, an initial dose of 150 mg is administered every 8 hours, and is increased every third day by 50 mg per administration. What will the dose be one week after the treatment has begun?
Propafenone is a strong sodium channel blocker used in the treatment of arrhythmias. For an adult patient, an initial dose of 150 mg is administered every 8 hours, and is increased every third day by 50 mg per administration. What will the dose be one week after the treatment has begun?
Propafenone is a strong sodium channel blocker used in the treatment of arrhythmias. For an adult patient, an initial dose of 150 mg is administered every 8 hours, and is increased every third day by 50 mg per administration. What will the dose be one week after the treatment has begun? Answer is NOT 900
In the case of a severe staphylococcal infection, an IV loading dose of the antibiotic oxacillin consisting of 33.3 mg/min is given for 30 minutes. If the infusion solution consists of 50 ml and there are 15 drops per milliliter of solution, how many drops per minute should be administered? Streptomycin is used to treat tuberculosis and plague. Administered by IM injection, the daily dose of streptomycin is 15 mg for every kilogram of body mass, up to 1000 mg....
Metronidazole is used in the treatment of anaerobic protozoal infections. Although often administered orally, it can also be delivered by means of an IV infusion. The loading dose is 15 mg per kilogram of body mass and is infused over one hour. The maintenance dose is 7.5 mg per kilogram of body mass, is also infused over an hour, and is administered six hours after the loading dose. If the concentration of the metronidazole solution is 5 mg/ml, how many...
Metronidazole is used in the treatment of anaerobic protozoal infections. Although often administered orally, it can also be delivered by means of an IV infusion. The loading dose is 15 mg per kilogram of body mass and is infused over one hour. The maintenance dose is 7.5 mg per kilogram of body mass, is also infused over an hour, and is administered six hours after the loading dose. If the concentration of the metronidazole solution is 5 mg/ml, how many...
Trimethaphan is administered in the form of trimethaphan camsylate for the rapid reduction of blood pressure. An IV infusion of trimethaphan is administered to a child weighing 75 pounds at a rate of 0.1 mg/min per kilogram of the child’s mass. How many milligrams of trimethaphan are administered during a one-hour infusion? Among its other applications, isosorbide dinitrate is used in the treatment of glaucoma. The recommended initial dose is 1.5 mg for each kilogram of body mass. What is...
UPUJUU Jiswer on the line available. **Be sure to include the units (ex: "Tabs", "mL.", "m'. etc.) in your answer. Answers will be marked as incorrect if the units are missing. 1. Ms. Thompson has Graves' disease and is prescribed methimazole 7.5 mg orally every morning Her pharmacist fills the prescription with methimazole 5-mg tablets. How many tablets do you tell Ms. Thompson to take every morning? (10 points) (10 bindets do you tell Ms The prescription with methi shimazole...