starting dose

Beginning medication quantity

The starting dose is the initial amount of a medication prescribed when beginning treatment.

Doctors typically begin with a lower starting dose and adjust upward based on patient response and tolerance: The starting dose is 10 mg once daily, which may be increased after two weeks.

Also called an initial dose.

initialName's opening letter
milligramsThousandths of grams
prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
doctor's ordersPhysician's prescribed instructions
titrationMeasuring concentration by addition

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