Question

You are to prepare amoxicillin (amoxil) 0.75g by mouth from an amoxicillin 250mg/5ml suspension. You should prepare how many ml? Show the steps to how you got this answer?

Answer 1

We have to start by converting our grams to milligrams to have an equal equations.

.75g = 750mg.

We'll set up the equation of D (desired dose)/H (dose you have)  x V (how many mL's)

D = 750mg

H = 250mg

V = 5mL

750 ÷ 250 = 3

3 x 5 = 15.

Therefore, you'll be preparing 15mL's