Mathematically, how does one determine a drug's "therapeutic index"?
What will be an ideal response?
First determine the dose that produces a specified or desired effect in 50% of a sample of individuals/animals (ED50) and the dose that produces lethality in 50% of a similar sample of individuals/animals (LD50), and then divide the LD50 by the ED50.
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