alf meneas
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I realise this may not be the appropriate forum, but I've not explored too far round the other rooms...
What is it about a given compound that determines the dosage range?
Some things are active in tens of micrograms, some you're talking happily absorbing tens of milligrams.
I'm familiar with the idea of 'response curve' and 'therapeutic index', but I guess that is a separate matter.
It is also something I'm curious about though - why would twice as much of substance x be equivalent to twice as much in one case, and ten times as much in the case of substance y?
This may well be a pharmacology question I'm not educated enough to get an answer to, or one I should be asking elsewhere or looking up for myself, but it seemed to me that there'd be a few heads here who'd have something interesting to say.
What is it about a given compound that determines the dosage range?
Some things are active in tens of micrograms, some you're talking happily absorbing tens of milligrams.
I'm familiar with the idea of 'response curve' and 'therapeutic index', but I guess that is a separate matter.
It is also something I'm curious about though - why would twice as much of substance x be equivalent to twice as much in one case, and ten times as much in the case of substance y?
This may well be a pharmacology question I'm not educated enough to get an answer to, or one I should be asking elsewhere or looking up for myself, but it seemed to me that there'd be a few heads here who'd have something interesting to say.