Question

A prescription medication requires 0.00255g per lb of body weight.

Answer 1

The prescription in mg/Kg of body weight is 5.62 mg/kg.

How to convert to mg required per kg of body weight?

Drugs are chemicals that are taken into the body and they are able to help to correct anomalies in the bodies. Drugs are taken according to the kind of ailment that a person is suffering from.

The nature of the drug and the severity of thee ailment of the person determines the dose of the drug.

Now we know that;

1 g/pound =2204.6244 mg/kg

0.00255g/lb = 0.00255g/lb * 2204.6244 mg/kg/1 g/pound

= 5.62 mg/kg

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A prescription medication requires 0.00255 g per lb of body weight.  Convert this quantity to the number of mg required per kg of body weight.