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    A patient has an order for Carvedilol 29 mg tablets mg PO BID. The amount available is Carvedilol 7.25 mg tablets. Calculate the number of tablets the patient received? Round off to the nearest whole number. Enter numeric value only (numbers and decimal points only, no commas or labels)

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    Explanation & Rationale

    Identify the given information: Prescribed dose: 25 mg of carvedilol per tablet Available tablets: 7.25 mg tablets Determine the number of tablets per dose: Find how many 7.25 mg tablets are needed to make 25 mg of carvedilol. Set up a proportion to solve for the unknown number of tablets (X): 7.25 mg/tablet = 25 mg/X tablets Cross-multiplying gives us: 7.25 mg x X tablets = 25 mg x 1 tablet Simplifying: 7.25X = 25 Solving for X: X = 25 / 7.25 = 3.448 Round to the nearest whole number: 4 tablets of carvedilol.

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