Author Question: As you remove the digoxin tablet from the automated medication dispensing machine, you note that the ... (Read 112 times)

mydiamond · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

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 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

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.