Quiz: Can You Pass The Drug Dosage Test?

1. Nitrostat

Swallow 2 ts after a few minutes after signs of anginal attack appear

Chew 1 t 10 minutes after anginal attack

1 t under the tongue qhs

1 t under the tongue at the sign of anginal attack

1 t under the tongue ac

2. Lopid

1 g d

60 mg bid

100 mg tid

100 mg d

600 mg bid

3. Restoril

75 mg 30 min prior hs

7.5-30 mg 30 min prior hs

25 mg wf

25 mg ac

25 mg bid

4. Glucovance

2.5/500 or 5/500 mg bid with meals

2.5/750 mg or 7.5/500 mg d with meals

10/500 or 15/750 mg d with meals

2.5/750 or 2.5/1000 mg bid with meals

500 mg tid with meals

5. Procardia xl

30-90 mg d

10 mg d

20 mg d

10-20 mg bid

5 mg tid

6. Glumetza

5000 mg d

5 g d

500 mg wf in evening max 2 g

1500 mg bid wf max 3 g

250 mg wf in morning

7. Aldactone

500 mg d

100 mg d w/ adjustments of 25-200 mg d

1500 mg d w/ adjustments of 1000 mg d

25 mg tid

250 mg d

8. Benicar hct

2 ts d

4 ts d in divided doses

1 t q 8 h

1 t d

1 t q 12 h

9. Avalide

25/50 mg d

150/12.5 mg d

100 mg d

150 mg bid

5/25 mg d

10. Medrol

50 mg d in divided doses

100 mg d in divided doses

4-48 mg d in divided doses

2 mg bid

15 mg q 6 h

11. Lantus

Start with 100 units if Type II diabetic and no prior insulin

Start with 50 units if Type II diabetic and no prior insulin

50 units ac

Start with 10 units if Type II diabetic and no prior insulin

500 units ac if symptoms of hyperglycemia

12. Pravachol

5-50 mg qpm

25 mg qpm

10-20 mg qpm

1-10 mg qpm

100 mg d

13. Cartia xt

2.4-3.6 g d in 1-2 divided doses

150 mg d in 3 divided doses

75 mg bid wf

240-360 mg d in 1-2 divided doses

100 mg qam

14. Topamax

100-500 mg bid

25 mg q 6-8 h prn

200-400 mg in divided doses

1 g bid

75 mg qam

15. Accupril

20-80 mg d in 1-2 divided doses

40 mg tid

100 mg d

10 mg d in divided doses

250 mg d in 1-2 divided doses

16. Nasonex

4 sprays in affected nostril bid

2 sprays in each nostril d

1 spray in affected nostril tid

2 sprays in each nostril q 8 h

2 sprays in each nostril q 4-6 h prn

17. Glucotrol

2.5 mg d

25 mg d

20-50 mg d

5-20 mg d

100 mg d

18. Catapres

2.5 mg d

5 mg d

0.5-1.0 mg tid

0.13 mg bid

0.1-0.3 mg bid

19. Tricor

100 mg bid wf

145 mg d wf

50 mg bid wf

75 mg tid ac

145 mg d ac

20. Glucotrol xl

1 g d

2.5-10 mg d

25 mg d

25 mg bid

5 mg tid

21. Spiriva

Inhale 2 cs bid with handihaler

1 c po q 8 h

1 c po q 12 h

Inhale 1 c d with handihaler

1 c po d

22. Oxycontin

25 mg bid

25-50 mg d

50 mg d

10 mg tid

10-20 mg bid

23. Lunesta

5 mg (non-elderly) or 2.5 mg (elderly) immediately before bedtime

2 mg (elderly) or 1 mg (non-elderly) immediately before bedtime

2 mg (non-elderly) or 1 mg (elderly) immediately before bedtime

5 mg (elderly) or 2.5 mg (non-elderly) immediately before bedtime

10 mg qhs

24. Inderal

50 mg d in divided doses

1000 mg d

80-640 mg d in divided doses

500 mg bid

250 mg tid

25. Coreg

12.5 mg bid

25 mg tid

12.5 mg d

1 mg bid

5 mg bid

26. Lotensin

1 mg d

5 mg tid

10 mg q 6-8 h

100 mg d in divided doses

10 mg d

27. Ziac

1 t q 4-6 h prn

1-2 ts q 6-8 h prn

1 t qam

2 ts q 8 h

1 t q 12 h

28. Tenoretic

1 t d

1 t q 6 h

1 t q 12 h

2 ts d in divided doses

1-2 t q 4-6 h

29. Hyzaar

1 t d

1 t q 4-6 h prn

2 ts q 8 h

1 t tid

1 t q 12 h

30. Niaspan

500 mg hs x 1 week

500 mg hs x 4 weeks

500 mg qam

250 tid x 2 weeks

250 mg d

31. Requip

100 mg d

25 mg tid

2 g d

1 g d

0.5-5 mg tid

32. Nasocort aq

1 spray in affected nostril q 8 h

2 sprays in affected nostril d

1 spray in each nostril qid

2 sprays in each nostril d

1 spray in each nostril q 4-6 h

33. Plendil

25-100 mg d

2.5-10 mg d

15 mg bid

10 mg bid

5 mg tid

34. Amaryl

1-4 mg d

2-10 mg d

40 mg d

10 mg d

5 mg d

35. Micronase

100 mg d in divided doses

25 mg bid

25 mg d

10 mg tid

2.5-5 mg d or bid

36. Hytrin

10-15 mg

2-10 mg

1-5 mg

25 mg

50 mg

37. Benicar

2.5 mg bid

20 mg d

2.5 mg tid

50 mg d

100 mg d

38. Avapro

15 mg q 6-8 h prn

15 mg bid

1.5 g d

15 mg d

150 mg d

39. Lovenox

10 mg/kg

100 mg/kg

1 mg/kg d

15 mg d

2.5 mg/kg tid

40. Imdur

30-120 mg qam

1500 mg qhs

50 mg bid

20-100 mg d

10 mg q 6 h

41. Avandia

10 mg d in divided doses

25 mg in 5 divided doses

4 mg d in 1-2 doses

4 mg bid

4 mg tid

42. Altace

25 mg bid

5 mg qod

15 mg d in 3 divided doses

2.5-20 mg d in 1-2 divided doses

25-100 mg d in 1-4 divided doses

43. Pyridium

200 mg d

100 mg bid

200 mg tid pc

75 mg d

25 mg d

44. Cardura

15 mg d

10-20 mg d

2-4 mg d

1-8 mg d

25 mg d

45. Namenda

20 mg bid

25 mg d

50 mg d

100 mg bid

10 mg bid

46. Aricept

10 mg qam

15 mg bid

25 mg d

10 mg bid wf

10 mg at hs

47. Dilantin

150 mg d

100 mg d

300 mg d

1.5 mg tid in divided doses

1000 mg bid in divided doses

48. Cozaar

50 mg d

25 mg d

10 mg d

5 mg d

100 mg d

49. Combivent

2 inhalations qid

1 inhalation bid

1 inhalation q 12 h prn

2 inhalations qd

2 inhalations qam and 1 inhalation qpm

50. Lyrica

75 mg tid

50 mg qid

150 mg

25 mg tid

10 mg bid

51. Lamictal

25-200 mg d

200-250 mg d

100-250 mg d

10-100 mg d

75 mg d

52. Xalatan

2 drops in each eye in the evening

1 drop in affected eye d in the evening

1 drop in both eyes q 8 h prn

1 drop in affected eye q 4-6 h

1 drop in the affected eye d in the morning

53. Calan sr

3-4 ts q 8 h

1-2 ts q 4-6 h prn

1 t q 12 h

1 t q 24 h

1 t q 8 h

54. Depakote er

50 mg d

25 mg d

25 mg/kg d

1.5 mg/kg d

7.5 mg/kg tid