A patient takes a 1000 mg calcium carbonate tablet twice a day. Unfortunately, calcium carbonate is on backorder (i.e. not available). How many 500 mg calcium gluconate tablets would the patient need to take to get the same mEq of Ca2+ (round to the closest whole number of tablets)? Note: Pharmaceutical calculation

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A patient takes a 1000 mg calcium carbonate tablet twice a day. Unfortunately, calcium carbonate is on backorder (i.e. not available). How many 500 mg calcium gluconate tablets would the patient need to take to get the same mEq of Ca2+ (round to the closest whole number of tablets)? Note: Pharmaceutical calculation
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