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A physician prescribes 100 mg Dilantin oral suspension t.i.d. for a client with seizures. The label...

A physician prescribes 100 mg Dilantin oral suspension t.i.d. for a client with seizures. The label reads Dilantin 125 mg/mL. How many milliliters should the nurse give?

The book's answer is 4 mL, however I keep getting 0.8 mL.

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