Count On These Tips for Pharmacy Calculations

February 2026

Patients are counting on you to master common pharmacy math problems involving ratios and proportions.

Use these tips to help confidently approach pharmacy calculations.

Ratios express the relationship between 2 quantities and are often used to indicate the concentration of a med (insulin 100 units/mL, etc).

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