Ada,

I'm listening to the scrum intro, where you were asking if FERROUS SULFATE
200 mg (with 60 mg ELEMENT IRON) TAB would use the drug ingredients table.

In this example, there is only one active drug (iron), but the amount of
effective iron (iron that reaches the patient's blood) happens to be
different than the pill's dose.   So, for example, giving a 200 mg
supplement of iron only delivers 60 mg of actual iron to the patient. The
providers want to know how much effective iron is being delivered with each
dose.  While the pill is dosed at 200 mg, the actual iron delivered to the
patient is 60 mg.

So, in this example, I would not use the ingredient table; rather, I would
use a single drug entry – e.g., something like you have… FERROUS SULFATE
200 mg (60 mg ELEMENTAL IRON) TAB.

Cheers,

-Burke

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