Effective dose (pharmacology)

Effective dose is a common in the medical term that refers to the proportion of a dose that achieves a certain effect.

The following concrete meanings come to the term:

In the context of ionizing radiation (eg X-rays), he tries to describe the biological relevance of different radiation treatments (effective dose, effective dose equivalent ).
In pharmacology is the effective dose (ED), also known as active dose for the dose of an active compound, wherein a certain proportion of individuals is the desired therapeutic effect. (Example: ED50 | ED50 is the appropriate dose for the proportion of 50% ). The effective dose can be read from the dose -response curve.

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