Osmosis video - Pharmacy school: Dosage calculations

Dosage calculations are an important part of pharmacy practice, as they help to figure out the right amount of medicine to give patients based on their particular needs. Different things can affect a patient's dosage requirements of a medicine, including age, weight, and laboratory values, or it may even depend on the medicine itself. Dosage calculations must be done with precision, accuracy, and attention to detail to ensure patient safety because both underdosing and overdosing can harm the patient.