As you remove the digoxin tablet from the automated medication ...

[mydiamond]

As you remove the digoxin tablet from the automated medication dispensing machine, you note that the dose on the tablet label is 250 mcg.
 
  How many tablets would you give?

Question 2

When you go to remove the medications from the automated dispensing machine, you see that carvedilol (Coreg CR) is stocked.
 
  Will you give it to J.M.? Explain.

[mistyjohnson]

Answer to Question 1

You would give two tablets.
250 mcg = 0.25 mg
0.25mg/1tablet = 0.5mg/ x
0.25x = 0.5; x = 2tablets
Be sure students do not omit the leading zero before the decimal point (.25 mg) and they do not
add a trailing zero after the 5 (0.250 mg).

Answer to Question 2

No Coreg CR is a controlled-release formulation, which is released slowly, and the dosages are
different. The plain Coreg is an immediate-release formulation. The two are not interchangeable.

[mydiamond]

Excellent

[sailorcrescent]

Gracias!