what does mg/kg/d PO mean in a prescription?!


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Milligrams per killogram per day by mouth

--This is exactly what a physician is writing.
So if you weighted 20 kilograms, and the medicine was to be given 10 mg/kg/d, your dose would be 200 mg daily.

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i think it meams milligrams (mg) of the pill per killigram (kg) of body weight per either day or dose (d), taken orally (PO).dont quote me in it tho.call you pharmasist to be sure.

milligram per kilogram per day by mouth
mg kg d po
per os (Latin)
2.2 pounds/kg
okay pretty straight forward now riiight
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grade shool math text on the metric system or any medical dictionary
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