Pharmaceutical calculations UE Past Papers Questions.

A prescription calls for 50 milligrams of chlorpheniramine maleate. Using a pre-
scription balance with a sensitivity requirement of 6 milligrams, explain how you would obtain the required amount of chlorpheniramine maleate with an error not greater than 5%.

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A prescription balance has a sensitivity requirement of 0.006 gram. Explain how
you would weigh 0.012 gram of atropine sulfate with an error not greater than  5%, using lactose as the diluent.

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A torsion prescription balance has a sensitivity requirement of 4 milligrams. Explain how you would weigh 5 milligrams of hydromorphone hydrochloride with
an error not greater than 5%. Use lactose as the diluent.

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A torsion prescription balance has a sensitivity requirement of 0.004 gram. Explain how you would weigh 0.008 gram of a substance with an error not greater than 5%.

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A prescription balance has a sensitivity requirement of 6.5 milligrams. Explain
how you would weigh 20 milligrams of a substance with an error not greater than
2%.

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