minimum dose
Least required amount
The minimum dose is the smallest amount of a drug, radiation, or other agent that produces a measurable effect.
In medicine, it establishes the threshold below which treatment has no benefit: Researchers determined the minimum dose needed to lower blood pressure.
The concept applies beyond pharmacology to any situation requiring the least effective quantity.
- efficacyAbility to produce results
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- titrationMeasuring concentration by addition
- potencyDegree of strength
- LD50Half-fatal dose measurement
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- pharmacologypharmacology, drugs, pharmacokinetics, drug, medications
- dosingdosage, overdose, microdosing, microdose, megadose
- pharmacometricspharmacokinetics, bioavailability, AUC, half-life, steady state
- pharmacy mathdilution, concentration, flow rate, reconstitution, dilutions
- radiation dosimetrygray, rad, rem, roentgen, curie
- nutritionnutrients, protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins
minimum dosemaximum dose
Highest permitted amount
overdose · lethal dose · megadose · toxic dose · loading dose