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Is medication dosing actually accurate?
Let me give you a super basic example:
I was looking at the instructions for a vitamin supplement, and it says kids should take two tablets a day while adults should take three, but...
What exactly do they mean by "kids" versus "adults"?
Are we talking about the average healthy adult, or are they accounting for the most sensitive adult—say, someone weighing only 90 pounds? Because if the drug's effectiveness is tied to body mass, you'd think a heavier person would need more and a lighter person would need less.
Or is this just a minimalist approach designed so that doctors and big pharma can protect themselves from lawsuits?
Let me give you a super basic example:
I was looking at the instructions for a vitamin supplement, and it says kids should take two tablets a day while adults should take three, but...
What exactly do they mean by "kids" versus "adults"?
Are we talking about the average healthy adult, or are they accounting for the most sensitive adult—say, someone weighing only 90 pounds? Because if the drug's effectiveness is tied to body mass, you'd think a heavier person would need more and a lighter person would need less.
Or is this just a minimalist approach designed so that doctors and big pharma can protect themselves from lawsuits?