Questions: The patient is to take 60 mg Fluoxetine PO in the morning. The pharmacy sends the following: Fluoxetine Oral Solution 20 mg per 5 mL The nurse should instruct the patient to take tsp daily.

Solution Steps

The patient needs to take 60 mg of Fluoxetine.

The pharmacy provides a solution with a concentration of 20 mg per 5 mL.

To find out how many mL are needed to provide 60 mg, we set up a proportion based on the concentration:

\[ \frac{20 \, \text{mg}}{5 \, \text{mL}} = \frac{60 \, \text{mg}}{x \, \text{mL}} \]

Solving for \(x\):

\[ x = \frac{60 \times 5}{20} = 15 \, \text{mL} \]

Since 1 teaspoon (tsp) is equivalent to 5 mL, we convert 15 mL to teaspoons:

\[ \frac{15 \, \text{mL}}{5 \, \text{mL/tsp}} = 3 \, \text{tsp} \]

Final Answer