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how many caps

by sara oh
(germantown, MD)

How many capsules will it take to completely fill the following prescription with the given regimen: Cephalexin 1PO tid*14days?

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Cephalexin Capsules Answer
by: David Shedd

It will take 42 capsules of Cephalexin to fill the prescription. (TID=Three Times Daily, so 3x14=42 capsules.)

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