Oefen pharma quiz..dd 66..

Q1 How much elemental calcium (MW = 40 g/mol) does a patient receive per day if taking calcium
carbonate (MW = 100 g/mol) 600 mg twice daily?

A 480 mg

B 2400 mg

C 200 mg
D 600 mg

E 240 mg

Q2 A patient requires a 5-day course of a medicine’ the dose of which is 500mg once daily on day 1
and 250mg once daily on day 2 to day 5. The medicine is only available as a 150mg dispersible
tablet and is stable after dispersion for 6 hours. What is the minimum number of dispersible tablets
required for the 5-day course?

A 10

B 20

C 16

D 12

E8

Q3 Phenytoin is available as 5 mL vials at a concentration of 50 mg/mL. The dose required is

15mg/kg and the patient weighs 75kg. If the required rate of infusion of phenytoin is 40 mg/minute,
how long will it take to complete the infusion?

A 2.8 minutes

B 28 minutes

C 6 minutes

D 18 minutes

E 1.8 minutes
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Q4 A patient who uses tramadol 200 mg SR orally mane and 50 mg orally twice daily regularly to
control breakthrough pain, is declared nil by mouth in hospital. What rate of IV morphine infusion
would provide equivalent opioid analgesia if the equi-effective analgesia dose ratio of tramadol oral
to tramadol IV is 1.5:1 and the ratio of tramadol IV to morphine IV is 10:1?

A 16.6 mg/hour

B 694 micrograms/hour

C 187 mg/hour

D 833 micrograms/hour

E 69 mg/hour

Q5 What weight of an ingredient is required to produce 1000mL of a solution such that 2.5 mL
diluted to 50 mL gives a 0.25% (w/v) solution?

A5g

B 50 mg

C 50 g

D 25 mg

E 25 g

1 A

2 D

3 B

4 D

5 C