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2. Drug accumulation ratio - Wikipedia

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   The accumulation ratio of a specific drug in humans is determined by clinical studies. According to a 2013 analysis, such studies are typically done with 10 to 20 subjects who are given one single dose followed by a washout phase of seven days , and then seven to 14 repeated doses to reach steady state conditions. Blood samples are drawn 11 ...

3. Area under the curve (pharmacokinetics) - Wikipedia

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   Another use is in the therapeutic drug monitoring of drugs with a narrow therapeutic index. For example, gentamicin is an antibiotic that can be nephrotoxic (kidney damaging) and ototoxic (hearing damaging); measurement of gentamicin through concentrations in a patient's plasma and calculation of the AUC is used to guide the dosage of this drug ...

4. Loading dose - Wikipedia

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   In pharmacokinetics, a loading dose is an initial higher dose of a drug that may be given at the beginning of a course of treatment before dropping down to a lower maintenance dose. [1] A loading dose is most useful for drugs that are eliminated from the body relatively slowly, i.e. have a long systemic half-life.

5. IC50 - Wikipedia

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   IC 50 is commonly used as a measure of antagonist drug potency in pharmacological research. IC 50 is comparable to other measures of potency, such as EC 50 for excitatory drugs. EC 50 represents the dose or plasma concentration required for obtaining 50% of a maximum effect in vivo. [1]

6. Volume of distribution - Wikipedia

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   A V D greater than the total volume of body water (approximately 42 liters in humans [5]) is possible, and would indicate that the drug is highly distributed into tissue. In other words, the volume of distribution is smaller in the drug staying in the plasma than that of a drug that is widely distributed in tissues. [6]

7. Effective dose (pharmacology) - Wikipedia

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   The ED50 is commonly used as a measure of the reasonable expectancy of a drug effect, but does not necessarily represent the dose that a clinician might use. This depends on the need for the effect, and also the toxicity. The toxicity and even the lethality of a drug can be quantified by the TD 50 and LD 50 respectively. Ideally, the effective ...