The healthcare provider prescribes doxycycline 100 mg by mouth every 12 hours for 7 days. The pharmacy fills the prescription with 0.1 g doxycycline capsules. The nurse should instruct the patient to take how many capsules per day? Record your answer rounding to the nearest whole number.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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In patients with gonorrhea, doxycycline may be prescribed. To achieve the correct dose, it is necessary to change the milligrams to grams.
1000 mg = 1 gram
100 mg = 0.1 grams
The tablets have 100 mg each. Since the patient is to take the medication every 12 hours, one capsule twice a day, or two capsules per day, should be taken.
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