Question

The physician orders Buspar 45 mg PO to be administered daily to a patient who has difficulty swallowing pills. The availability of Buspar is 5-mg and 10-mg tablets. How many tablets will the health care professional administer? Note - please read the answers carefully and choose the BEST answer based on the question

Answer 1

In this patient have to take total 45 mg Buspar per daily , available doses are 5mg and 10 mg ,

IN this patient have difficulty swallowing pills so, give as per

1) if 5 mg give 9 tablets to get 45 mg per day , (due to swallowing difficulty it may be give as powder , grind form)

2) Otherwise , 10 mg *4 tablets and one 5 mg tablet. total 5 tablets per day and total required dose 45 mg.

3) and one more option is , 10 mg tablets*3 and 5 mg tablets*3 , each tablets is 3 to get 45 mg and total 6 tablets.

More useful is 2nd method.