6. A provider orders digoxin, 250 meg, PO, once daily. The pharmacy provides digoxin in tablets...

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Given

Order:Digoxin

Dose:250mg

Rou:oral

Frequency:OD

Available:0.125 mg (0.125×1000=125mcg) per tablet

So 125mcg=1 tablet

Then 250mcg=??tablet

Cross multiply and divide

=250×1÷125

=2

Ans:The number of tablets to be administered per day are 2.

Answer 2

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