A patient presents to
your pharmacy with the following prescriptions:
Scenario Regarding Levothyroxine Rx:
1. When you
enter levothyroxine into the computer, the only choices are given in mcg. How
many mcg does Levothyroxine 0.075 mg equal?
2. The
current prescription requires the patient to take one half of a tablet. The
patient is wondering if there is a tablet available that she would not need to
cut in half. What strength of levothyroxine (in mcg) could she take as a whole
tablet?
3. How many tablets of levothyroxine will be dispensed?
Scenario Regarding Amoxicillin Rx:
4. How many total capsules of Amoxicillin will the patient
take per day?
5. How many mg of Amoxicillin will the patient be getting
per day?
6. How many capsules will be dispensed?
7. The
patient informs you that she cannot swallow these large capsules. You have a
suspension of Amoxicillin 250 mg per 5 ml available. The pharmacist asks you to
rewrite the prescription for verification. How many ml’s will the patient get
per dose? How many ml’s should be dispensed?
8. The
patient’s total at the cash register comes to $15.84. The patient asks you to
ring 20% of her bill as cash and the rest charge to her credit card. How much
will she pay in cash? How much will be charged to her credit card?
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