Question

A patient’s prescription is: Glucotrol XL (glipizide) 10 mg PO, before breakfast.Glucotrol is sold in 5 mg tablets. How many are needed for one dose

Answer 1

Given data:

The given prescription of glucose is p=10 mg.

The given quantity of glucose available is q= 5 mg.

The given tablet for one dose is,

`\begin{gathered} n=(p)/(q) \\ =\frac{10\text{ mg}}{5\text{ mg}} \\ =2 \end{gathered}`

Thus, numbers of tablet require for one dose is 2.