Question

A patient in the emergency room is prescribed morphine for acute pain at a dose of 0.10 mg of drug per kg of body weight. The pharmacist has 5 mg tablets of morphine. How many tablets should be given to a 220 pound adult patient? (2.2 lb = 1 kg)

Answer 1

Bodyweight of the patient (W)=220 lb=   

Now 0.10 mg of drug per kg of body weight.

100 kg patient will need=

Now each tablet contains 5 mg of morphine, thus for 10 mg of morphine, no of tablets should be=

patient need to give 2 tablets.