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the line between medicine and poison, drawn in milligrams
means The specific amount and frequency of a medicine or substance to be taken at one time or over a set period.
from From the French 'dosage,' built on 'dose,' which traces back through Late Latin 'dosis' to Greek 'dosis' — literally 'a giving,' from 'didonai,' 'to give.' So a dosage is, at its root, simply what is given — the portion handed over — though pharmacy has since measured that gift down to the milligram. The '-age' suffix, also French, turns the act into a quantity, the way 'mileage' measures travel or 'tonnage' measures weight.
- poison rule
- Paracelsus said the dose makes the poison
- water counts
- drinking liters too fast can be fatal
- child math
- kids dosed by weight, not age
- caffeine ceiling
- about 10 grams could kill an adult
- sugar pills
- placebo dosage genuinely changes effect strength
aspirin 500mg tablet — standard over-the-counter pain reliever dose, typically 1-2 tablets every 4-6 hours
metformin 1000mg daily — common type 2 diabetes medication prescribed at this dose for blood sugar control
covid-19 pfizer vaccine 30mcg — original two-dose regimen administered 21 days apart starting december 2020