Download the books ODT file and PDF file

File Submission

Currently we are not accepting direct file submissions to Pharmaceutical Calculations. Please do not allow this temporary inconvenience to prevent you from participating.

Everyone is invited to participate. Maybe you really like aliquots and have great ideas on how to write a chapter on that, or you're an OpenOffice.org guru and know how to improve the layout of the book, or you're on intimate terms with the GIMP and can improve the artwork in the book.

Pharmaceutical Calculations is licensed under the GPL, meaning you are free to make any modifications to the book in any way you wish. Your help can make this the best pharmacy math book ever.

Download the modifiable ODT file to work on or the nonmodifiable PDF file simply to check out how the book looks. Once you have completed your modifications email me at sean@pharmaceuticalcalculations.org and also give an explantion of what things you've modified and how you want your name spelled when I list credits for whom made contributions to this book.

Below is a list of the chapters that are intended to be included in Pharmaceutical Calculations. Chapters in black have been completed, chapters in blue are currently being worked on, and chapters in red still need to be started.

Unit 1 - Basic Arithmetic
Chapter 1 - Numeral Systems Used in Pharmacy
Chapter 2 - Fractions
Chapter 3 - Percentages
Chapter 4 - The 24-Hour Time, Exponents, & Scientific Notation
Chapter 5 - Problem Solving Methods
Unit 2 - Basic Pharmacy Math
Chapter 6 - Temperature Scale Conversions
Chapter 7 - Units of Measurement
Chapter 8 - Pharm-lite
Unit 3 - Community Pharmacy Math
Chapter 9 - Day's Supply
Chapter 10 - Compounding Math
Chapter 11 - Calculations for Billing Compounds
Chapter 12 - Pharmacy Business Math
Unit 4 - Institutional Pharmacy Math
Chapter 13 - Parenteral Dosage Calculations
Chapter 14 - Insulin
Chapter 15 - MilliMoles, MilliEquivalents & Bioassay Units
Chapter 16 - Drug Reconstitution
Chapter 17 - Percentage Strength
Chapter 18 - Ratio Strength
Chapter 19 - Parts, & Reducing & Enlarging Formulas, & Parts Per Million
Chapter 20 - Dosage Calculations Based on Body Weight
Chapter 21 - Dosage Calculations Based on Body Surface Area
Chapter 22 - Infusion Rates & Drip Rates
Chapter 23 - Dilutions & alligations
Chapter 24 - Parenteral Nutrition
Chapter 25 - Aliquots

.