The patient receives armour thyroid 60 mg bid for hashmito’s thyroiditis. On the med cart you find armour 30mg/tab. You are asked to figure out the patients total daily dose. What is c? Show all work

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To find the patient's total daily dose, we need to calculate the total amount of medication the patient needs to take in a day.

The patient is prescribed Armour Thyroid 60 mg bid, which means they need to take this dosage twice a day.

First, let's calculate the total dosage of Armour Thyroid the patient needs to take in one dose:
60 mg/dose × 1 dose = 60 mg

Since the patient needs to take this dosage twice a day, we multiply it by 2:
60 mg/dose × 2 doses/day = 120 mg/day

Therefore, the patient's total daily dose is 120 mg.