Are you tired of answering the same old DA questions here that can solved in a minute or two? Do you want something a bit more challenging? This was written for my pharmacy technician students, but just pretend you are working in a pharmacy.
A new miracle drug has just hit the market which will reverse aging by 20 years, restore hair loss, and reduce body weight to ideal body weight.
The dosage is 0.8 mg/kg/day for 30 days.
The drug is quite expensive at $850/10 mL vial which is labeled 10 mg/mL.
A patient comes into your pharmacy when you are very busy and asks about the drug. He states that he is 67 years old, bald, and weighs 245 lb. He shares information about his dismal love life, which you try to ignore.
He states that he works down the street at the Dairy O clearing $10/h and asks you how long he will have to work to pay for a course of therapy in years, weeks, days and hours.
Assume:
Patient works 8 hours/day and 52 weeks/year. No vacation.
Patient must pay for full vial price for any partial vial used.
