Posology Flashcards
1
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Posology
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Study of Doses
2
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Dose
A
Amount of drug given to an animal to give a certain effect
3
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Dosage
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Amount of drug per unit body weight
4
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3 Types Of Doses
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Therapeutic (Effective) Dose
Toxic Dose
Lethal Dose
5
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Minimal Therapeutic Dose
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Smallest amount having a therapeutic effect
Lower than this is an Ineffective Dose
6
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Maximal Therapeutic Dose
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Largest amount tolerated without producing toxic effect
7
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Therapeutic Dose
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Optimal Dose, which lies somewhere between the minimal and maximal therapeutic doses
8
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Toxic Dose
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Amount that produces undesirable clinical, hematological, biochemical, or pathological alterations
9
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Therapeutic Index/Ratio (TI)
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Ratio between LD50/ED50
10
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Standard Safety Margin (SSM)
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Expresses the percentage dose increase between ED99 and LD1
More accurate than TI
