Questions: Ms. Jackson is prescribed enalapril 5 mg daily. Available in the medication dispensing machine is Vasotec in tablets of 2.5 mg / tablet. Is this the correct medication? If so, how many tablets should Ms. Jackson take?

Solution Steps

To determine if the medication is correct, we need to check if Vasotec is a brand name for enalapril. If it is, then we calculate the number of 2.5 mg tablets needed to make up the prescribed 5 mg dose.

We need to confirm if Vasotec is the correct medication for Ms. Jackson. It is known that Vasotec is a brand name for enalapril, so we conclude that the medication is correct.

Ms. Jackson is prescribed a daily dose of \(5 \, \text{mg}\). The available tablets contain \(2.5 \, \text{mg}\) each. To find the number of tablets required, we use the formula:

\[ \text{Tablets needed} = \frac{\text{Prescribed dose}}{\text{Tablet dose}} = \frac{5 \, \text{mg}}{2.5 \, \text{mg}} = 2 \]

Final Answer