Drug Dosage

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A drug prescription must be carefully planned to maximize benefit while avoiding an overdose. In this Gizmo, you can give a patient one or more pills and monitor the levels of medication in the body through time. Based on the reaction of the patient, determine the ideal levels of medication. Create a dosage schedule so these levels are maintained through time. Four types of pills, each with a different release pattern and target organ, are available for use.

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Assessment Questions (5):

  1. What dosage schedule is represented by the graph below?

    Drug dosage schedule
  2. A patient takes the recommended dosage of painkiller pills, but does not feel any immediate effect. What should the patient do next?
  3. The graph below shows the effect of taking a single dose of pill type "E." The maximum tolerance level for this drug is 7 mcg/cc and the minimum effective level is 2 mcg/cc. What is the best dosage schedule for this drug?

    Pill E drug level graph
  4. The graph below shows drug levels in the blood and in a target organ through time, while taking Pill Type C in the Gizmo. The dosage schedule is one pill every two hours. What will eventually happen if the patient continues to take the pill on the same dosage schedule?

    Drug level in blood and target organ
  5. Suppose that a batch of controlled-release pills intended to be taken every 12 hours were accidentally manufactured without their thick coating. What would be most likely to happen to someone who took one of these pills?

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