dose — dose1 [dəus US dous] n [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: Greek dosis, from didonai to give ] 1.) the amount of a medicine or a drug that you should take dose of ▪ Never exceed the recommended dose of painkillers. high/low dose ▪ Start with a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
drug — n 1. medicine, medication, medicament, remedy, physic, curé; curé all, panacea, wonder drug. 2. narcotic, Inf. opiate, depressant, sedative, tranquilizer, soporific, hypnotic; barbiturate, Sl. barbs. Inf. down or downer, quaalude, Sl. lude, Sl.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Drug addiction — is widely considered a pathological state. The disorder of addiction involves the progression of acute drug use to the development of drug seeking behavior, the vulnerability to relapse, and the decreased, slowed ability to respond to naturally… … Wikipedia
Dose dumping — is a phenomenon of drug metabolism in which environmental factors can cause the premature and exaggerated release of a drug. This can greatly increase the concentration of a drug in the body and thereby produce adverse effects or even drug… … Wikipedia
Drug metabolism — is the biochemical modification of pharmaceutical substances by living organisms, usually through specialized enzymatic systems. This is a form of xenobiotic metabolism. Drug metabolism often converts lipophilic chemical compounds into more… … Wikipedia
Drug reaction testing — uses a genetic test to predict how a particular person will respond to various prescription and non prescription medications. It checks for genes that code for specific liver enzymes which activate, deactivate, or are influenced by various drugs … Wikipedia
Drug development — Drug research redirects here. For the journal, see Drug Research (journal). Drug development is a blanket term used to define the process of bringing a new drug to the market once a lead compound has been identified through the process of drug… … Wikipedia
Drug resistance — is the reduction in effectiveness of a drug such as an antimicrobial or an antineoplastic[1] in curing a disease or condition. When the drug is not intended to kill or inhibit a pathogen, then the term is equivalent to dosage failure or drug… … Wikipedia
Drug therapy problems — is a categorization of drug problems, in the field of Pharmaceutical care. However it can also be used as a definition of the specific manners in which drug therapy can cause problems. These problems are then identified, prevented, and resolved… … Wikipedia
Drug intolerance — or drug sensitivity is a lower threshold to the normal pharmacologic action of a drug. It is not to be confused with drug allergy. Drug intolerance is uncommon and idiopathic, thus extremely difficult to predict except in persons with a prior… … Wikipedia
Dose — means quantity in the following fields: In nutrition, medicine, and toxicology: Dose (biochemistry), the quantity of something that may be eaten by or administered to an organism, or that an organism may be exposed to Medicine and toxicology… … Wikipedia