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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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Need Advice On Medicine Administration.

I have been told to administer 50 mg per kilo however converting kilo to pounds and mg to the dose on the syringe is quite confusing. I have 1 ml 27g 1/2 syringes , they are divided into 1 cc or tenths of a cc. so I need to know per pound how many 10ths of a cc do I administer per injection. of the tylan 200 this is the dose to treat for respiratory infection in a ball python. Thank you
Mon, 8 May 2017
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Hi, 50mg per kg translates to 50mg per 2.2 pounds. which is approximately 22.7 mgs per pound.
Now to calculate the dose for you, we would need to know your weight and the concentration of tylenol in your drug. Is it 200mg/5ml or 200mg/ml?
So the dose will be 22.7 x your wight in pound.
Now the amount of injection in ml will be calculated by knowing the concentration of Acetaminophen (Tylenol).
Please reply with your weight and concentration of Drug/ml (it can be found on the drug label.
hope this answered your question, thank you.
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Need Advice On Medicine Administration.

Hi, 50mg per kg translates to 50mg per 2.2 pounds. which is approximately 22.7 mgs per pound. Now to calculate the dose for you, we would need to know your weight and the concentration of tylenol in your drug. Is it 200mg/5ml or 200mg/ml? So the dose will be 22.7 x your wight in pound. Now the amount of injection in ml will be calculated by knowing the concentration of Acetaminophen (Tylenol). Please reply with your weight and concentration of Drug/ml (it can be found on the drug label. hope this answered your question, thank you.