Jenny is a 33 year old female weighing 128 lb and measuring…

Jenny is a 33 year old female weighing 128 lb and measuring 5’6” in height who has been prescribed methotrexate for cancer as follows:                                    RX: Methotrexate 250 mg/m2 IV D1, 8, 15                                           Treatment Cycle: 21 d The pharmacist adds the calculated dose of methotrexate to a 250 mL bag of NS. What rate of flow in gtt/min should the pharmacist instruct the nurse to set the infusion if methotrexate should be delivered at 60 mg/hr and the infusion set delivers 15 gtt/mL?

The following prescription is written for a 7 year old femal…

The following prescription is written for a 7 year old female with epilepsy:                         Rx:  Phenytoin 7.5 mg troches                                 Disp # X The SR of the torsion balance used by the compounding pharmacist is 5.9 mg.  How much diluent in grams should be used to compound this prescription?   

How many milliliters of a 3% hypertonic sodium chloride shou…

How many milliliters of a 3% hypertonic sodium chloride should be used in compounding the following prescription? (For homatropine bromide i factor is 1.8 and MW is 356; for sodium chloride i factor is 1.8 and MW is 58.5)            RX: Homatropine bromide    0.35 g                   Sodium chloride             q.s.                   Purified water ad            75 mL                   Make isoton. sol.                   Sig: For the eye