Examples of therapeutic index in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The therapeutic index gives you the window in which the drug will be effective against the virus without causing undue side effects. — William A. Haseltine, Scientific American, "Lessons from AIDS for the COVID-19 Pandemic," 1 Oct. 2020 Many antibiotics have a sufficiently high therapeutic index to allow for a single dose to be used. — Richard Klasco, New York Times, "Should Doctors Consider Body Size When Prescribing Drugs?," 8 June 2018 Because these trials are a mandatory step in the Food and Drug Administration approval process, each drug’s therapeutic index is well defined. — Richard Klasco, New York Times, "Should Doctors Consider Body Size When Prescribing Drugs?," 8 June 2018 The therapeutic index is the ratio of a drug’s efficacy to its toxicity. — Richard Klasco, New York Times, "Should Doctors Consider Body Size When Prescribing Drugs?," 8 June 2018

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“Therapeutic index.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/therapeutic%20index. Accessed 16 Jan. 2021.