Maths Question

[sandyRoe]

I have a bottle of medicine for my dog. It's 32ml and I'm to draw off a measure of 6, using a syringe, and put this on its food. On the side of the syringe are the figures 1.5 mg/ml. Is there enough info there to calculate how long the bottle will last or should I make a note of the date of the first dose and see how long it lasts?

[bednobs]

do you have to give her 6mls or 6mg?

[sandyRoe]

The 6 on the side of the syringe represents the dose for a 6 kilo dog. I don't know if its millilitres or mg

[Togo]

32ml is a very small bottle of medicine sandy. And without the density of the medicine the syringe capacity in mg/ml is a bit vague. If you are to draw off 6ml using the syringe it looks like about 4 syringes per meal which would only give you 5 meals worth for the dog's food. With about 2ml left over.

[Togo]

http://www.endmemo.com/cconvert/mgml.php

This may help sandy

[fiction-factory]

Does the figure of 1.5mg/ml refer to the 6 measure? Or is 1.5mg/ml the full capacity of the syringe- in which case is the figure of 6 on a scale of say 10?

[sandyRoe]

She gets this once a day on her breakfast. The first dose this morning made little impression on the contents of the bottle. So it's probably not 6ml in the syringe.

[wolf63]

Is it just a short course that she has to take? If so just see how much you give her in two or three days and work it out. Or ask the vet or (if a human medication too) a pharmacist.

I hope that it works for whatever is bothering her.

[sandyRoe]

The figures along the barrel of the syringe refer to the weight of the dog. 6,7, and 8 kg, and so on.

[sandyRoe]

Wolf63, it's pain relief for a joint problem. It'll be ongoing.

[wolf63]

Give her a cuddle from me.

My last dog had arthritis in his shoulders. My knees are knackered too.

[sandyRoe]

The leaflet states: a maintenance dose of 0.1mg/kg bodyweight.