Question

A 150 ml bottle of amoxicillin 250mg/5ml for oral suspension requires the addition of only 88 ml of purified water to give a 150 ml of suspension. what is the powder volume?

Answer 1

19.5grams of powder.

Given

Amoxicillin bottle = 150 ml

Oral suspension of Amoxicillin = 250 mg/5ml

Requires the addition of Purified Water = 88 ml

How to find the volume of powder?

• It is applied to the treatment of specific bacterial illnesses.
• Colds, the flu, or other viral infections won't be helped by it.
• Amoxicillin for Oral Suspension is an antibiotic of the penicillin class used to treat infections brought on by susceptible strains of certain microorganisms.
• Infections of the lower respiratory tract, skin, genitourinary tract, ear, nose, and throat.

The given dosage of powder amoxicillin is  250mg to 5ml of water

Therefore for 88ml of water.

The formula for powder volume

powder volume = suspension/water

                          = 250mg/5ml  * 78ml

                          = 250 x 15.6

                          = 3900mg

                          = 3.9mg

So, The powder volume is 3.9mg.

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