Question

question 9 (mandatory) (2 points) a patient presents a prescription for zantac 300mg tablets to the pharmacy that states: take 1 tablet by mouth bid for 30 days for gerd. the pharmacy has 150 mg tablets in stock. how many tablets will the patient take per dose?

Explanation:

Step1: Determine dose amount

The prescribed dose is 300mg per dose.

Step2: Calculate number of tablets

Each available tablet is 150mg. So, we divide the prescribed dose by the strength of available tablets. Let $n$ be the number of tablets. Then $n=\frac{300}{150}$.
$n = 2$

Answer:

2