Measuring Medicine: Milligrams, Moles, and More

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. How is the strength of lidocaine usually expressed? As a percentage In grams As a ratio In international units

2. Which drug's strength is NOT expressed in units? Insulin Enoxaparin Heparin Vasopressin

3. Which vitamin's strength is measured in units? Vitamin C Vitamin D Vitamin B12 Vitamin K

4. Which of these drugs is measured in milliequivalents (mEq)? Clopidogrel Potassium chloride Naloxone Octreotide

5. Epinephrine is a commonly seen drug in hospitals. Some people carry epinephrine injection devices (Epi-pens) with them in case of severe, life-threatening allergic reactions. But do you know how epinephrine's strength is most commonly expressed? In teaspoons In international units As a ratio In grains

6. Nitroglycerin sublingual tablets come in small glass vials with screw-top lids. Each tiny tablet is 0.4mg, equivalent to 1/150th of a(n) ___________. Dram Pound Ounce Grain

7. The abbreviation w/v is sometimes seen on pharmaceutical or healthcare product labels. What does w/v stand for? Water volume Weighted vehicle Wasted volume Weight-in-volume

8. A hospital pharmacy employee receives a request to deliver to the floor a 250ml bag of dobutamine having a concentration of 3.2mg/ml. He finds in stock a 250ml bag labelled "DOBUTamine 3200mcg/ml". Is this the bag he needs? Yes No

9. 4mg of dexamethasone in a 1ml vial has the same concentration as 20mg in a 5ml vial. True False

10. If you needed to compound (manufacture) an oral suspension of pantoprazole with a final concentration of 40mg/20ml, how many 40mg pantoprazole tablets should you crush to dissolve in sterile water and normal sodium bicarbonate to make a batch whose total volume is 400ml? 20 10 40 None of these