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A dose of Tagamet (cimetidine) 150 mg po is ordered for a patient and the available stock is Tagamet liquid 300 mg/5 mL. What is the dose in metric and in household measurements?

A physician orders Lanoxin elixir 125 mcg daily for a child. The medication available is digoxin elixir 0.05 mg/mL. How many milliliters are needed for a one-month supply?

Dose ordered: Thorazine 37.5 mg IMStock available: chlorpromazine 25 mg/mLHow many mL are needed for the dose ordered? ____________

If the following order, Procardia 20 mg, is filled with Procardia 10 mg capsules, what is the dose to be given?

How many tablets are needed for a 500 mcg dose of Decadron if the stock supply is Decadron 0.25 mg tablets?

Dr. John wants Dylan to take prednisone 5 mg tablets beginning with 7 tabs on the first day, 6 tabs on the second day, and decreasing by one tablet daily until only one tablet is taken for 2 days. How many total tablets should be dispensed?

If an order is written for one tab q8h × 7 d, how many are needed to fill the entire prescription?

A physician orders 45 tablets to be taken one three times a day. If 15 tablets have been taken, what percentage of tablets has the patient taken?

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the shift toward remote work (i.e. working from home), especially among those who used to work in urban offices. Based on your understanding of urban economics, how do you expect that this long-term, substantial shift to remote office work is affecting: urban housing prices, urban housing supply, urban commercial real estate prices, urban commercial real estate supply, urban sprawl, traffic congestion, air quality, and agglomeration economies? Graphs could be helpful, but are not necessary. EXPLAIN.

Identify two policies that we have discussed in this class that promote urban sprawl, and EXPLAIN how the policies do this.