Mrs B, aged 43 years, weight 56 kg, requires a loading dose of drug B. The target plasma concentration is 18.9 mg/ L, volume of distribution is 0.5 L/ kg, the salt factor is 0.9 and bioavailability fraction is 1.
What is the intravenous loading dose (LD) of Drug B in milligrams (mg)?
units - mg
LD = Cp desired x Vd
S x F
Where Cp desired is the target plasma concentration; Vd is the volume of distribution; S is the salt factor and F is the bioavailability fraction
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