chem dis 4

Please post 2 or more peer responses

In the response posts, remember to demonstrate you have read and understood the student's post by taking their discussion to the next level through your responses to the following:

Base your response on your peers' beneficial microbe; as a public health professional, what advice would you give the patient to educate them:

· Identify the poster’s compound as either ionic or covalent. Explain.

· Confirm that the poster’s solved dosage problem is correct.  If not, explain where the math is incorrect.

· Solve the dosage problem created by the poster. Make sure to show your work.

· Explain what would happen if too much or too little of the drug was administered.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Estimated time to complete: 2 hours

Tylenol  Dosage Calculation:

Tylenol:

· Acetaminophen Extra Strength

· Pain reliever and fever reducer

· 500mg acetaminophen

· The physician ordered 1000 mg of acetaminophen. Acetaminophen is available at 500 mg per tablet. How many tablets should be taken?

· Let x be the number of tablets needed;

· The equation representing the dosage problem is;

· 500x=1000

· Solving for x

· x=1000/500

· x=2

· Therefore, the patient should take 2 tablets of 500 mg acetaminophen each to meet the prescribed dosage.

· Dosage problem for classmate:

· Your physician has recommended a total dosage of 975 mg of Regular Strength Rx to relieve your fever. The tablets of Rx come in 325 mg each. How many tablets should you take to meet the prescribed dosage?" 

· Use this formula  x= Total Dosage/Tablet Concentration:

Citations:

Headache & pain relief. TYLENOL®. (n.d.). https://www.tylenol.com/

Aleve Dosage Calculation

Aleve is considered a NSAID( nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug), with a main ingredient being naproxen sodium. Naproxen reduces prostaglandin and thromboxane synthesis, thereby reducing pain and inflammation (Davies & Anderson,1997).

 The label is below:

Aleve is used for a variety of conditions including gout, ankylosing, bursitis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, menstrual cramps, muscular/back aches, temporarily reducing fever and offering generalized pain relief; however, it has to be noted that taking Aleve will not stop the progression of joint damage for the above conditions, but will reduce inflammation and pain (Brutzkus, Shahrokhi & Varacallo, 2023).

There are contraindications for taking Aleve, including interaction if taking certain medications like lithium, methotrexate and probenecid, along with ACE inhibitors like lisinopril, water pills like furosemide and Corticosteroids like prednisone.  It also should not be used during the last trimester of pregnancy, as it can result in birth defects. If someone has had an allergic reaction to aspirin, history of asthma or uticaria (hives), they should be advised not to take this medication. In the elderly it can compromise renal function or reduce renal function if incorrect dosage taken by anyone; it can also result in myocardial infarction or chest pain, fluid retention, drowsiness, tinnitus, dyspnea. Other adverse reactions can include GI bleeds, leading to low RBC counts; this is just a few of the adverse reactions (Davies & Anderson,1997).

 

Your physician orders you to take 440mg of Aleve, for the first dosage. One tablet of Aleve is 220mg.

This is the solution:

440 mg (total dosage)= 220x

X= 440/220

X=2 tablets

 

A physician orders a patient to take 50 mg of Benadryl for allergies every 4-6 hours. One table is 25mg. How many tablets would you take?

 

References

Brutzkus, J. C., Shahrokhi , M., & Varacallo, M. (2023). Naproxen. In StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing.

Davies, N. M., & Anderson, K. E. (1997). Clinical pharmacokinetics of naproxen. Clinical pharmacokinetics, 32(4), 268–293. https://doi.org/10.2165/00003088-199732040-00002