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True but it's not ±20%, it's "90% confidence interval of the mean is within +25%/-40%" which puts the dose much closer to 100% in practice.

https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/debunking-a-common-pharma...

Still, these measured %ages should be much more explicit in the actual delivered drugs and in the range of values that are determined safe. There are plenty og drugs where double dose is fine and the therapeutic dose is "let's experiment on every patient evey day to see what works".



Thanks, that's good to know.

Antiepileptics are a very special category of drugs in that respect - they really do need to be right on target every time. I know a neurologist with epilepsy - not my wife - and he takes branded Zonegran. Thyroid hormone supplements are similar although the consequences are much lower (you're not going to accidentally kill anyone in a car wreck if your thyroid hormone is low).




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