For a patient's upper respiratory tract infection, the physician prescribed one 333 mg tablet of erythromycin every 8 hours for 10 days. At the end of the 10 days, the patient has taken ________ of erythromycin.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
9.99 g
Every 8 hours equals 3 times per day, so the patient will take 333 mg × 3 = 999 mg per day × 10 days = 9,990 mg of erythromycin.
1 g = 1,000 mg
x = 9.99 g
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