Drug X has a volume of distribution of 0.6L/kg. After 6 days of therapy, the patient...

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Drug X has a volume of distribution of 0.6L/kg. After 6 days of therapy, the patient that you initiated on drug X has a serum concentration of 10mg/L. Assume the salt form of the drug is 0.85 and that the drug follows a one-compartment model of distribution. Calculate a dose that will achieve a concentration of 20 mg/L for a patient weighing 85 kg. Drug X has a volume of distribution of 0.6L/kg. After 6 days of therapy, the patient that you initiated on drug X has a serum concentration of 10mg/L. Assume the salt form of the drug is 0.85 and that the drug follows a one-compartment model of distribution. Calculate a dose that will achieve a concentration of 20 mg/L for a patient weighing 85 kg.

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