Pharmaceutical Calculations MD0802

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
LESSON 1
	REVIEW OF BASIC MATHEMATICS
		INTRODUCTION
		FRACTIONS
		COMMON DENOMINATORS
		LOWEST TERMS
		TYPES OF FRACTIONS
		CHANGING AN IMPROPER FRACTION TO A MIXED NUMBER
		CHANGING MIXED NUMBERS TO IMPROPER FRACTIONS
		ADDING FRACTIONS
		SUBTRACTING FRACTIONS
		MULTIPLYING FRACTIONS
		DIVIDING FRACTIONS
		DECIMALS
		CONVERTING A FRACTION TO A DECIMAL
		MULTIPLYING A DECIMAL BY A NUMBER THAT IS A MULTIPLE OF 10
		DIVIDING DECIMALS BY MULTIPLES OF 10
		ADDING DECIMALS
		SUBTRACTING DECIMALS
		MULTIPLYING DECIMALS
		DIVIDING DECIMALS
		BASIC ALGEBRAIC PRINCIPLES
	TEMPERATURE CONVERSIONS
		INTRODUCTION
		FORMULA
		ALGEBRAIC PRINCIPLES INVOLVED
		SAMPLE PROBLEMS
	PRESCRIPTION INTERPRETATION
		INTRODUCTION
		METRIC LINE
		ROMAN NUMERALS
		VALUES OF SINGLE NUMERALS
		VALUES OF COMBINED NUMERALS
	RATIO AND PROPORTION
		INTRODUCTION
		DEFINITIONS
		CONDITIONS WHICH MUST BE MET
	THE METRIC SYSTEM
		INTRODUCTION
		VALUES OF PREFIXES IN THE METRIC SYSTEM
		BASIC UNITS OF THE METRIC SYSTEM
		USING CONVERSIONS IN PROBLEMS
		CONVERSIONS WITHIN THE METRIC SYSTEM
		GENERAL RULES
	COMMON SYSTEMS OF MEASURE
		INTRODUCTION
		WEIGHT: AVOIRDUPOIS SYSTEM
		VOLUME: APOTHECARY SYSTEM
	REDUCTION AND ENLARGEMENT OF FORMULAS
		INTRODUCTION
		RATIO AND PROPORTION METHOD
		CONVERSION FACTOR METHOD
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 2
	SPECIFIC GRAVITY
		INTRODUCTION
		DEFINITION
		SPECIFIC GRAVITY TRIANGLE
	PERCENTAGE PREPARATIONS
		INTRODUCTION
		TYPES OF PERCENT
		METHODS FOR SOLVING PERCENTAGE PROBLEMS
	DILUTION OF STOCK PREPARATIONS
		INTRODUCTION
		FORMULAS
		EXAMPLE PROBLEMS
	ALLIGATION
		INTRODUCTION
		PROCEDURE FOR FINDING PROPORTIONS
		ALLIGATION PROBLEMS
		FORMULATING THE EQUATION USING THE MATRIX
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 3
	PHARMACEUTICAL CALCULATIONS III
		INTRODUCTION
		WHAT IS A DOSE?
		PROBLEMS USING MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDED DOSE
		PROBLEMS USING LABEL STRENGTH
		FORMULAS INVOLVING "ADULT DOSE"
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
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