underdosed
Given too little
Underdosed means given or containing too little of a drug, medication, or active ingredient.
An underdosed patient may not respond to treatment.
An underdosed vaccine might fail to provide immunity.
The term applies to any situation where the quantity falls short of what's needed for effectiveness: The study found that pain medications were routinely underdosed in elderly patients.
Not sufficient for purpose
- insufficientBelow required quantity
- ineffectiveLacking power to achieve
- suboptimalBelow the ideal standard
- deficientHaving too little
weak · minimal · partial · incomplete · lacking · wanting · scant · meager
Measuring concentration by addition
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
formulation · concentration · potency · bioavailability · compliance · adherence · pharmacokinetics · half-life
Inability to achieve intended outcome
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- relapseReturn to former illness
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- progressionSequential forward movement
complication · tolerance · mutation · adaptation · rebound · persistence · undertreated
inadequate
Not sufficient for purpose
- insufficientBelow required quantity
- ineffectiveLacking power to achieve
- suboptimalBelow the ideal standard
deficient · weak · minimal · partial · incomplete · lacking · wanting · scant · meager · sparse
titration
Measuring concentration by addition
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
regimen · formulation · concentration · potency · bioavailability · compliance · adherence · pharmacokinetics · half-life · absorption
inefficacy
Inability to achieve intended outcome
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- relapseReturn to former illness
- breakthroughSudden important advance
progression · complication · tolerance · mutation · adaptation · rebound · persistence · undertreated
underdosedoverdosed
Took harmful excess
overmedicating · overdosing · overmedicated · toxic dose · megadose