Question

As a result of a bicycle accident two years ago, an 11 year-old client has a spinal cord injury. In recent months, the client's muscle spasms have worsened and the client has been prescribed dantrolene for the first time at a dose of 0.5 mg/kg PO b.i.d. The client weighs 110 lbs. How many 25-mg capsules should the client receive each day?

Answer 1

Answer:two

Explanation:

Given

Prescription is $0.5 mg/kg$ PO b.i.d.

mass of Client $m=110 lbs\approx 49.89 kg\approx 50 kg$

0.5 mg medicine is for 1 kg

for 50 kg it is $50\times 0.5\approx 25 mg$

PO b.i.d. meaning two times a day

so a dose of 50 mg is needed for a day

so he take 2 dose of 25 mg in a day