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?