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Found an answer (sort of) see message

Posted By: CB on 2007-11-05
In Reply to: S/L Tylenol grain 10 q.i.d. ??? - CB

Subject: Found an answer (sort of) see message

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Orders read give "gr X" (grains 10) Tylenol® q 4-6° prn.  How many milligrams of acetaminophen do you give?


Answer:  You don't give any.  Many facilities consider the use of grains archaic and a source of medical errors.  Depending on the source, 5 grains can equal 300-325 mg.  Now consider many medications are measured and given in hundredths of milligrams: the difference of 25 mg could have disastrous consequences.  The best solution is to have the doctor rewrite the order in milligrams.


For educational purposes this calculator considers 1 grain = 64.8 milligrams however the National Weights & Measures Laboratory considers 1 grain = 64.79891 milligrams.  My nursing text book vacillates between 1 grain = 60-64 milligrams.  If you were to solve this problem using this calculator the answer would be 648 milligrams (roughly 2 plain acetaminophen tablets).




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