Kentucky Rx2

This exercise assesses the student’s ability to do the following: (1) dispense appropriate medication, (2) identify and fix a dosing error that would otherwise result in a toxic overdose.   AJ approaches your pharmacy counter to get a prescription filled. He is traveling to Honduras in 5 days for one month and his doctor wrote a script for malaria prophylaxis.  Student is required to contact prescriber regarding the dose (should be once per week instead of once per day).