What is the name for the measure of a drug's relative safety for use, computed by the ratio of the lethal dose for 50 percent of

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What is the name for the measure of a drug's relative safety for use, computed by the ratio of the lethal dose for 50 percent of

the population over the effective dose?

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ira [324] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-26T06:37:18+03:00

It is called THERAPEUTIC INDEX. Therapeutic index is the comparison of the amount of a particular drug that causes the desired therapeutic effects and the amount that causes toxicity. The index can be low or high. A drug with a low therapeutic index will require only a small increase in dose to produce toxic effects in users.