The health care provider orders doxycyline 100 mg PO every 12 hours for 7 days. The pharmacy fills the prescription with 0.1 g doxycyline capsules. The nurse should instruct the patient to take ____ capsules per day
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
2
Rationale : To achieve the ordered dose, it is necessary to change the milligrams to grams.
1000 mg = 1gram
100 mg = 0.1grams
One capsule is 100 mg. The patient would take one capsule twice a day or two capsules per day.
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