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Template:MedportalDYK targeting actually does effect the theraputic index as it lowers the effective dose and if it sequesters the drug well enough can increase the lethal dose —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jkuech1 (talk • contribs) 16:38, 26 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

89.146.16.26 (talk) 09:00, 28 September 2009 (UTC) Shouldn't LD50 be replaced by TD50? The Therapeutic Index is the quotient of the Toxic Dose and the Effective Dose, not the Lethal Dose.[reply]

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Does anyone have anything to add regarding the history of this phrase, when it was coined and when its use became common in the literature? Or are there any references I should look u to find this information out myself? Turkeyphan^t 16:05, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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 targeting actually does effect the theraputic index as it lowers the effective dose and if it sequesters the drug well enough can increase the lethal dose  <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Jkuech1|Jkuech1]] ([[User talk:Jkuech1|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Jkuech1|contribs]]) 16:38, 26 March 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
+[[Special:Contributions/89.146.16.26|89.146.16.26]] ([[User talk:89.146.16.26|talk]]) 09:00, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
+Shouldn't LD50 be replaced by TD50?
+The Therapeutic Index is the quotient of the Toxic Dose and the Effective Dose, not the Lethal Dose.
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