When Evaluating Drug Safety,the Dosage That Causes 50 Percent of Subjects

question 11

Multiple Choice

When evaluating drug safety,the dosage that causes 50 percent of subjects to exhibit a specific adverse effect is known as the

• A) median therapeutic dose
• B) median toxic dose
• C) therapeutic index
• D) ceiling effect
• E) threshold dose

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