Question

f 4 mg. If you would like to weigh 5 mg of hydromorphone hydroch You need to use aliquot m A torsion prescription balance has a sensitivity requirement o oride with he balance with ethod to provide the amount of drug and use lactose as a diluent? Assume to use as little as possible of hydromorphone hydrochloride and lactose to satisfy the requirement. What would be the minimum amount of lactose (mg) needed to make the lactose an error no greater than 5%.

Answer 1

Answer :

The usual adult oral dosage of hydromorphone is 2.5 mg to 10 mg every 3_6 hours .

For IV Use , 1_1.5 mg every 3_4 hours slowly at least 2_3 minutes .

For dilution : 50 mg of lactose per ml can be used to dilute the hydromorphone .