1) A mother would like to pick up Tylenol OTC for her child due to him...

1) A mother would like to pick up Tylenol OTC for her child due to him having a low-grade fever. The child is 3-year old boy and weighs 30 pounds. She picks up a Tylenol oral solution with a concentration of 160 mg/5 mL. Using appropriate drug references, what is an appropriate dose and dosing frequency to advise the mother to give her child? (Provide answer in milliliters and round to two decimal places).

2) A patient is prescribed gabapentin 300 mg PO TID, olanzapine 5 mg PO qHS and dabigatran 150 mg PO BID. She has been having a difficult time swallowing whole tablets and capsules recently and her physician would like to change to products that might be easier for her to swallow. Are any of these medications available in an alternative oral dosage form that would not require the patient to swallow a whole tablet or capsule?

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1) The dosage of Tylenol for child s:

At the point when a child has torment, guardians may swing to you with inquiries concerning giving pharmaceutical—particularly if it's the first run through. Remind them to dependably read and take after the item name and utilize just a single solution containing a similar dynamic fixing at any given moment.

Youngsters' drugs are figured to convey the perfect measure of medication to your little one. Regardless of the prescription or brand, dependably read and take after the name on the container before giving a dosage.

Just the dosing gadget gave the item ought to be utilized to gauge the best possible measure of pharmaceutical.

Try not to utilize more than one item containing acetaminophen in the meantime. Dosing data for youngsters under 2 years old is accessible for you as a HCP.

The typical dosage for kid ages 2-3 years is 5 ml.

Where patients can utilize the oral course the drug specialist has three fundamental alternatives:

1. Review the progressing requirement for the prescription (the drug specialist, together with the prescriber, ought to decide whether the solution is powerful and, assuming this is the case, regardless of whether its advantages exceed any dangers)

2. Identify another course of organization that does not require the patient to swallow

3. Identify a plan that can be gulped

In the event that the dysphagia is probably going to be intense, drugs might be briefly halted until the point that the swallow returns.

Nightingale answered 1 year ago

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