underdose
Not enough medication
Underdose means to give or take less than the recommended or effective amount of a medication or substance.
As a noun, an underdose is such an insufficient quantity: Underdosing antibiotics can lead to resistant bacteria.
The opposite of overdose, though far less commonly used.
Below required quantity
- inadequateNot sufficient for purpose
- scantBarely adequate amount
- meagerDeficient in quantity
- deficientHaving too little
sparse · shortage · deficit · shortfall · paucity · lacking · wanting · incomplete
Lacking power to achieve
- suboptimalBelow the ideal standard
- titrationMeasuring concentration by addition
- microdoseSubperceptual drug quantity
- thresholdPoint of beginning
insufficient · inadequate · undertreated · weak · diluted · homeopathic · conservative · cautious
insufficient
Below required quantity
- inadequateNot sufficient for purpose
- scantBarely adequate amount
- meagerDeficient in quantity
deficient · sparse · shortage · deficit · shortfall · paucity · lacking · wanting · incomplete · partial
ineffective
Lacking power to achieve
- suboptimalBelow the ideal standard
- titrationMeasuring concentration by addition
- microdoseSubperceptual drug quantity
threshold · insufficient · inadequate · undertreated · weak · diluted · homeopathic · conservative · cautious · gradual
- Medical Harmsmedication errors, surgical error, surgical errors, wrong medication, misdiagnosis
- pharmacologypharmacology, drugs, pharmacokinetics, drug, medications
- medication errorswrong route, wrong time, prescription error, wrong form, wrong timing
- medical harmmedication errors, surgical errors, misdiagnosis, wrong medication, malpractice
- surgical riskscardiac arrest, respiratory failure, hemorrhage, anaphylaxis, aspiration
underdoseoverdose
Harmful excess intake
overdosage · toxic dose · megadose · lethal dose · therapeutic dose