The physician recommends a teenager start taking 600 mg ibuprofen (Advil) tid, starting 2 days before her menstrual cycle and that she continue the medication for one week. The medication comes in 200-mg strength tablets. How many tablets will the patient consume during the week?

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The Answer is 63 tablets
Tablets consumed in 1 week = 600 mg divide by 200 mg = 3 tablets per dose
3 tablets per dose 3 times daily = 9 tablets each day; 9 tablets per day x 7 days = 63 tablets

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