A 25 year old male patient requires a 5 mL injection of sodium valproate 200 mg/mL. The displacement volume for sodium valproate is 0.56 mL/g. What volume of water for injections in millilitres should be added to the patient’s dose of sodium valproate for it to be correctly reconstituted?  State your answer to 2 decimal places. units= ml

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A 25 year old male patient requires a 5 mL injection of sodium valproate 200 mg/mL. The displacement volume for sodium valproate is 0.56 mL/g.

What volume of water for injections in millilitres should be added to the patient’s dose of sodium valproate for it to be correctly reconstituted?

 State your answer to 2 decimal places.

units= ml

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