A 37-year-old female patient has been prescribed mometasone…
A 37-year-old female patient has been prescribed mometasone 0.05% cream to be applied to both arms, once daily, for a total of 14 days. You counsel the patient about ‘fingertip units’ as a means of applying the correct amount of cream for a given area of skin as follows: For an adult female: 1 fingertip unit provides 0.4g of cream For one arm = apply 3 fingertip units of cream Mometasone 0.05% cream is supplied in 30g tubes. How many 30g tubes will need to be prescribed for the 14 days of treatment?
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