Dose-Limiting Side Effect

A Dose-Limiting Side Effect is a side effect that is serious enough to prevent an increase in dose or level of a medical treatment.

• Example(s):
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Adverse Effect,
  • Dose-Dependent Effect,
  • Nocebo Effect,
  • Placebo Effect.
• See: Therapeutic Effect, Drug Clinical Trial, Pharmaceutical Drug, Illicit Drug, Drug Interaction, Pharmacology, Clinical Trial, Drug Reaction, Test Treatment.

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References

2021

• (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_clinical_research#D Retrieved:2021-12-18.
  • QUOTE: Dose-limiting
    • Describes side effects of a drug or other treatment that are serious enough to prevent an increase in dose or level of that treatment. (NCI)

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