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The provider orders isosorbide dinitrate as oral maintenance drug to prevent angina. What dosage would the nurse administer without need to question the dose?
 
  A) 2.5 mg
  B) 80 mg
  C) 40 mg
  D) 5 mg

Question 2

A patient with chronic hepatitis C has been prescribed peginterferon alfa 2b (PEG-INTRON). By what route would the nurse administer this drug?
 
  A) Subcutaneously (SQ)
  B) Intramuscularly (IM)
  C) Intralesionally (IL)
  D) Orally


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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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A maintenance oral dose of isosorbide dinitrate is 10 to 40 mg every 6 hours. Sublingual dose is 2.5 to 5 mg, sustained release is 40 to 80 mg, and the chewable tablet is 5 mg.

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PEG-INTRON, like many of the interferons, is administered subcutaneously. Avonex is given intramuscularly. Interferon alfa n3 is given intralesionally. There are no interferons given orally.


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