Question

6. An adult patient with a mild ear infection is ordered to take 500 mg of amoxicillin every 12 hours. The amoxicillin comes in 250 mg tablets. How many tablets are required for one dose? If the patient needs to take this drug for 10 days, how many pills should come in the container?

Answer 1

i) ordered dose=500 mg

available dose=250 mg

required amount of tablets for patient=?

If 1 tablet of amoxicillin is of 250 mg

then X no of tablet will be of 500 mg

therefore X * 250= 1 * 500

X=500 / 250 = 2

Therefore 2 tablets are required for one dose.

ii) patient has to take the tablets of amoxicillin for 10 days.

for one dose patient is taking two tablets of 250 mg.

Solution:

if 2  tablets are for 1 day

then X tablets for 10 days.

therefore 10 * 2 = 1 * X

X= 20

Therefore 20 pills should come in container.