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Therapeutic index or therapeutic ratio

Therapeutic index or therapeutic ratio

by Dr. Md. Sarowar Hossain -
Number of replies: 1

What do you mean by Therapeutic index or therapeutic ratio?

In reply to Dr. Md. Sarowar Hossain

Re: Therapeutic index or therapeutic ratio

by ZAVED YEASIN ZAHRAN -
Greetings sir,
The therapeutic index (TI; also referred to as therapeutic ratio) is a quantitative measurement of the relative safety of a drug. It is a comparison of the amount of a therapeutic agent that causes the therapeutic effect to the amount that causes toxicity.