Help with medication dosage

Hi all, it is late and I am getting tired. I have a doctor stating the following, "He is placed on clindamycin 10 mg/kg per 5 mL every 12 hours. This is a 75 mg/5 mL solution." The patient is a child. I googled and can find bits and pieces of what I input, but nothing all together. I guess what I am questioning is, do you think he meant to say the first 5 mL, or do you think he was stumbling over it? Also, does the dosage seem correct to you? ...

I am trying to verify a dosage for Cerebyx. The doctor is clearly stating 1000 mg, but I cannot verify this, and it seems high to me. It may be a loading dose as the patient had 3 witnessed seizures. Has anyone heard of Cerebyx given at 1000 mg IV? ...

AGGHH, I am tired tonight. I am not sure if I am hearing Cardizem drip at 2 mg/hr or 10 mg/hr. Any help would be appreciated. I think I need an extra set of ears tonight. ...

My brain is not working this morning. The doctor dictates a clonidine dose as "one-tenth of a mg." How should I transcribe this? ...

For 4-numeral drug dosages, are commas used in the number? As in: 1,500 mg vs 1500 mg. I have the online BOS but have an awful time finding what I need. (If anyone has any good search tips for that thing, that would be much appreciated as well.) : ) ...

AGGHH! I cannot tell if the doctor is stating prednisone 15 or 50 mg four times a day? Any ideas? I have googled and I can find prednisone in both dosages. ...

Doc dictates septra po q. mws or nws - any idea what mws or nws means? Can't remember hearing that before. ...

I have one doc that keeps giving me an abbreviation. She will say Coreg 6.25 mg po bid then says W.C. Any ideas, anyone else every hear of this, my first time in 20 years. Cannot find anything. All input is appreciated :) ...

Doctor dictates: Ambien 10 mg q 9 p.m. Just making sure how the 'q 9 pm' is transcribed. Is it like this: q.9 p.m. or q.9. p.m.?? Not sure....any help would be appreciated. I am new to the job and want to make sure i do this correctly.Thanks ...

Dr. states nitroglycerin 1/150 sublingual p.r.n. chest pain, but the patient's chart reads nitroglycerin sublingual 0.4 p.r.n. Are these two interchangeable or are they different? Thanks! ...

Doctor is giving medication list and says: "Erythomycin 0.5 s/l in-shrib-in to right eye." I'm assuming it is drops or ointment but don't know what in-shrib-in might mean and it's said very clearly. Any help would be appreciated. ...

Want to confirm vitamin B12 dose. Is it 100 mg, 1000 mcg?Thanks for your help. ...

The patient is doing okay from a depression standpoint and wishes to increase her Lexapro slightly. She has been on 30 mg and the panel of this is above the recommended dose from Hippocrates. In searching via Google it sounds like Hippocrates is a British reference guide? I am not sure if the doctor is saying the "panel" of this is above or something else. Any feedback would be great! ...

For a spinal epidural injection, I think this doc is saying 80 mg Depo-Medrol with 9 mL Lidocaine. The MT is putting 18 mg Depo-Medrol consistently. I think that's incorrect. ...

....is it acceptable to put it in? or leave it out as per the verbatim rule? As in "Augmentin 875 p.o." ...

Sometimes all you have is a list of medications and no context as to what they are for. Is there a place to search by dosage when that is all you can make out? I have one now that s/l edaquine 25 mg daily. Thanks. ...

.... 25 mg one-half daily, .... 5 mg one daily. Should I type it like that ^^ or should I use numbers? - 25 mg 1/2 daily, 5 mg 1 daily?? I know the BOS says to type out one number when there are 2 consecutive numbers, but these are technically not consecutive since they are seperated by mg. I can't find any official rules on what I should do here. any help appreciated. ...

The entire sentence is - She is also on oxycodone 30 mg 4 tablets a day for a total of 1140 mg med. (and when she says med she pronouces it clearly - she says 1140 mg em..ee..dee.) I've never heard of med and am stumped. ...

This is an ER visit for a pt in because her debrillator "fired". Hx of MI, CAD, htn, high cholesterol. The med is on her allergies list. Sounds like "Topiglide." ...

Doctor is dictating a medication almost assuredly for a URI -- s/l "Ultahist/Altahist liquid". I actually had this question in the past and no one was able to help or just didn't see my post. Any help would be appreciated. TIA ...

Two drugs in question. S/L Novus and Resista? Never heard them/cannot find them anywhere. Any ideas???? ...

s/l mer-acid-iol 300 mg 2 tablets b.i.d. also on Cozaar, Celexa, metformin and Norvasc. ...

I keep hearing on patients who are in the ICU with all kinds of tubes sticking out of them something that sounds like "sea sas per protocol", often listed along with medications. Today in the same doc I heard the above and also somethng tha sounds like "citra carium per protocol" and suspect it may refer to the same thing. Any ideas? thanks a bunch. ...

Doctor says the patient has heavy bleeding and cramping. She was prescribed "Listerra" or Listetta? The doctor has a pretty heavy accent. which did not help. The Listerra will not prevent unwanted pregnancy like the Mirena will. So apparently this is not a birth control pill but something to help with the heavy periods and cramping? Thanks. ...

Anybody ever hear of a medication that sounds like "Lotanapress?" ...

Patient takes Synthroid, Inderal, Estrace, Prilosec and S/L prevalate powder as well as Elavil and naproxen. Thanks in Advance! ...

Help with medication dosage - siren

no, actually - elaine

Toradol - mt way too long

I totally agree - siren

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