Medical Dose
A Medical Dose is a unit that is a measured quantity of a medication, nutrient, pathogen, or radiation administered to a patient for therapeutic purpose.
- AKA: Dosage.
- Context:
- It can range from being an Immediate-Release Dosage to being a Targeted-Release Dosage.
- It can range from being a Delayed-Release Dosage to being an Extended-Release Dosage.
- It can take the form of a Unit Dose.
- Example(s):
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Dose-Response Relationship, Clinical Pharmacology, Drug, Therapeutic, Nutrition, Nutrient, Dietary Supplement, Bacteria, Virus, Toxicology, Dose-Ranging Study, Biological Agent Active ingredient, Modified-Release Dosage, Drug Delivery, Drug Route-of-Administration (ROA), Opioid Overdose.
References
2021b
- (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dose_(biochemistry) Retrieved:2021-12-11.
- A dose is a measured quantity of a medicine, nutrient, or pathogen which is delivered as a unit. The greater the quantity delivered, the larger the dose. Doses are most commonly measured for compounds in medicine. The term is usually applied to the quantity of a drug or other agent administered for therapeutic purposes, but may be used to describe any case where a substance is introduced to the body. In nutrition, the term is usually applied to how much of a specific nutrient is in a person's diet or in a particular food, meal, or dietary supplement. For bacterial or viral agents, dose typically refers to the amount of the pathogen required to infect a host. For information on dosage of toxic substances, see Toxicology. For information on excessive intake of pharmaceutical agents, see Drug overdose.
In clinical pharmacology, dose refers to dosage or amount of dose administered to a person, whereas exposure means the time-dependent concentration (often in the circulatory blood or plasma) or concentration-derived parameters such as AUC (area under the concentration curve) and Cmax (peak level of the concentration curve) of the drug after its administration. This is in contrast to their interchangeable use in other fields.
- A dose is a measured quantity of a medicine, nutrient, or pathogen which is delivered as a unit. The greater the quantity delivered, the larger the dose. Doses are most commonly measured for compounds in medicine. The term is usually applied to the quantity of a drug or other agent administered for therapeutic purposes, but may be used to describe any case where a substance is introduced to the body. In nutrition, the term is usually applied to how much of a specific nutrient is in a person's diet or in a particular food, meal, or dietary supplement. For bacterial or viral agents, dose typically refers to the amount of the pathogen required to infect a host. For information on dosage of toxic substances, see Toxicology. For information on excessive intake of pharmaceutical agents, see Drug overdose.
2021b
- (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_clinical_research#D Retrieved:2021-12-11.
- Dose
- The amount of medicine taken, or radiation given, at one time. (NCI)
- Dose
2021c
- (WHO, 2021) ⇒ https://www.who.int/tools/atc-ddd-toolkit/about-ddd Retrieved:2021-12-11.
- QUOTE: Drug consumption can be expressed in cost, number of units, number of prescriptions or by the physical quantity of drugs. However these variables can vary between regions and countries over time. This limits comparisons of drug consumption at an international level. To address this, a technical unit of measurement, the Defined Daily Dose (DDD) was created.
Defined Daily Dose (DDD): The assumed average maintenance dose per day for a drug used for its main indication in adults.
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It is important to underline that the DDD is a technical unit (fixed unit of measurement) and does not necessarily correspond to the recommended or prescribed daily dose (PDD).
The prescribed daily dose (PDD) is defined as the average dose prescribed according to a representative sample of prescriptions. The PDD can be determined from studies of prescriptions, medical or pharmacy records, and it is important to relate the PDD to the diagnosis on which the drug is used. The PDD will give the average daily amount of a drug that is actually prescribed. When there is a substantial discrepancy between the PDD and the DDD, it is important to take this into consideration when evaluating and interpreting drug utilization figures.
- QUOTE: Drug consumption can be expressed in cost, number of units, number of prescriptions or by the physical quantity of drugs. However these variables can vary between regions and countries over time. This limits comparisons of drug consumption at an international level. To address this, a technical unit of measurement, the Defined Daily Dose (DDD) was created.