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It is desirous for the value of LD 50 to be as large as possible, to decrease risk of lethal effects and increase the therapeutic window. In the above formula, TI safety increases as the difference between LD 50 and ED 50 increases—hence, a higher safety-based therapeutic index indicates a larger therapeutic window, and vice versa.
The therapeutic index also factors whether a drug can be used as a time release drug. A drug with a thin therapeutic range, or small therapeutic index, will be determined unfit for a sustained release mechanism in partial fear of dose dumping which can prove fatal at the conditions mentioned. [6]
Traditional methods of delivering therapeutics to the body experience challenges in achieving and maintaining maximum therapeutic effect while avoiding the effects of drug toxicity. Many drugs that are delivered orally or parenterally do not include mechanisms for sustained release, and as a result they require higher and more frequent dosing ...
The therapeutic window is the amount of a medication between the amount that gives an effect (effective dose) and the amount that gives more adverse effects than desired effects. For instance, medication with a small pharmaceutical window must be administered with care and control, e.g. by frequently measuring blood concentration of the drug ...
In pharmacology, an effective dose (ED) or effective concentration (EC) is the dose or concentration of a drug that produces a biological response. [1] [2] The term "effective dose" is used when measurements are taken in vivo, while "effective concentration" is used when the measurements are taken in vitro.
The Therapeutic Index is the quotient of the Toxic Dose and the Effective Dose, not the Lethal Dose. 89.146.16.26 ( talk ) 09:00, 28 September 2009 (UTC) [ reply ] You are confusing it with protective index , which is exactly what you describe, using TD50 instead of LD50.
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