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You receive an order for Amoxicillin 250 mg every 8 hours for 7 days. Calculate how many mg the patient receives daily.

A. 750 mg
B. 5250 mg
C. 500 mg
D. 2000 mg

Answer :

The correct answer is A. 750 mg.To determine the daily mg dosage of Amoxicillin prescribed at 250 mg every 8 hours, multiply 250 mg by the 3 daily doses, resulting in 750 mg per day.

The subject of the question is Mathematics, specifically related to medication dosage calculations which is a topic relevant to health professions. To calculate how many mg the patient receives daily when prescribed Amoxicillin 250 mg every 8 hours (q8h) for 7 days, you would multiply the single dose by the number of doses in one day.

Since there are 24 hours in a day and the medication is taken every 8 hours, the patient would take 3 doses per day (24 \/ 8 = 3). Therefore, 250 mg per dose times 3 doses a day equals 750 mg per day. Therefore the correct answer is A. 750 mg.