If a medication is prescribed at 75 mg every 6 hours, how much will be taken in one day?

To determine how much medication will be taken in one day when prescribed at 75 mg every 6 hours, you first calculate how many doses are administered in a 24-hour period.

There are 24 hours in a day, and if the medication is taken every 6 hours, you can divide 24 hours by 6 hours per dose, which gives you 4 doses in one day.

Next, you multiply the number of doses by the amount of medication per dose:

4 doses × 75 mg per dose = 300 mg.

It appears there is a miscalculation regarding the total for one day, as 300 mg accurately reflects the total amount taken when dosing every 6 hours for 24 hours. Thus, the correct answer should indicate that 300 mg is the total taken in one day.