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You have Erythromycin liquid 400mg/5ml. The physician orders Erythromycin oral suspension 600mg by mouth every 6 hours. How many ml will you give?
Required dose = ordered dose ÷available dose × volume.
= 600 mg ÷ 400 mg × 5 ml.
= 1.5 × 5 ml.
= 7.5 ml.
We need to give 7.5 ml of Erythromycin.