How many mL of the liquid medication is needed? 0.6 grams of Drug Z per mL of solution.

Question

Patient's weight is 30 Kg and the prescription is 10 mg per pound of patient's weight.

Answer 1

The patient's weight is 30 Kg, which is approximately 66.14 pounds (30 Kg x 2.20462 = 66.1387 lbs).

The prescription is 10 mg per pound of patient's weight, so the patient needs 661.4 mg of Drug Z (10 mg/lb x 66.14 lbs = 661.4 mg).

Since there are 0.6 grams of Drug Z per mL of solution, we can convert the needed dosage to grams:
661.4 mg x 0.001 g/mg = 0.6614 grams

To find out how many mL of the liquid medication is needed, we can divide the amount of Drug Z needed by the concentration of Drug Z in the solution:
0.6614 grams / 0.6 grams/mL = 1.10233 mL

Therefore, the patient needs approximately 1.1 mL of the liquid medication.