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A patient is prescribed allopurinol 0.2 g by mouth each day. How many tablets should the patient receive if the medication available is 100 mg/tablet?

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2 tablets per day. 0.2g is the same as 200mg and if the medication is available as 100mg/tablet they’ll need 2 tabs to make up this dose
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