maintenance dose

Steady therapeutic level

A maintenance dose is the amount of medication taken regularly to sustain a therapeutic effect after an initial loading or treatment phase.

The term appears in contexts from chronic conditions to addiction treatment: After the initial course, she was put on a maintenance dose of 10 milligrams daily.

The goal is stability rather than aggressive treatment—keeping levels steady in the body.

therapeuticPromoting healing or wellness
drug therapyTreatment using medicinal substances
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blood levelsMeasured substances in circulation
prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization

steady-state · chronic · daily · pill · pill bottle · regimen · once daily · twice daily · sustaining · taper · tapering off · medication · long-term · stabilize · tablet · compliance · refill · pharmacy

Opposites

dosing phase/timing

maintenance doseloading dose

Large initial medication amount

first dose · bolus · starting dose

dose intensity/purpose

maintenance dosediscontinuation

Formal ending of something

drug holiday

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