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Lesson 2: Understanding expressions of drug amountsAll pharmaceutical preparations have some sort of ingredient amount associated with them, which many health careprofessionals refer to as strength. This term is sometimes used incorrectly as you can see in the box below. Drugamounts in products containing only one drug are quite easy to understand, since the units are most often metric( , 250mg/capsule, ) or less often expressed in grains (with which you are now familiar, of course!).The following information is meant to give you some background on other ways drug amounts are , potency, and effectiveness Strength is the amount of drug in a given dosage form, for example, 500 mg/tablet. Potency refers to the relative strengths of medications that can produce the same effect. The drug with thelowest strength to produce the effect is said to be the most potent. Strength is often used interchangeably withpotency, but they are not the same thing.
Lesson 2: Understanding expressions of drug amounts All pharmaceutical preparations have some sort of ingredient amount …
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