An adult dose of niacin is initially 250 mg/day. This is increased every week for 11 weeks until a maintenance dose of 3000 mg/day is reached. What is the increase in dosage per week?
Ans) An adult dose of niacin is initially 250 mg/day.
This is increased every week for 11 weeks until a maintenance dose of 3000 mg/day is reached.
Day 1 = 250 mg/day
11 weeks = 3000 mg/day
x= 250 × 11 / 3000 = 0.9 mg/week.
An adult dose of niacin is initially 250 mg/day. This is increased every week for 11 weeks until a maintenance dose of 3...
An adult dose of niacin is initially 250 mg/day. This is increased every week for 11 weeks until a maintenance dose of 3000 mg/day is reached. What is the increase in dosage per week?
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