7. You are to give 10 ml. of guaifenesin cough syrup with codeine. The bottle is

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7. You are to give 10 ml. of guaifenesin cough syrup with codeine. The bottle is labeled 10 mg of codeine in 5 ml of syrup. How much codeine would a patient receive in each prescribed dose? mg Dare cm Daae Why did you give the answer that you Is this order written correctly? Yes or No (circle one answer) did? The medicine bottle label states that the strength of each tablet in the bottle is 0.25mg. The physician has ordered that the patient is to receive 0.5 mg. How many tablets would you give? 8. tablets

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The ordered dose of guaifenesin cough syrup is 10 mL with codeine

Now since the label on the bottle says 10 mg of codein in 5mL of syrup , so the amount of codeine in each mL will be : 10/5 = 2mg

Now , the dose is 10mL

So the amount of codeine that patient receives in each prescribed dose = 2 x 10

= 20mg

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