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Anecdotal "data point": my wife works in the biotech field. For one very large company they had a drug developed that worked but had to be dosed dependent upon
by pstuart 14y ago
Anecdotal "data point": my wife works in the biotech field. For one very large company they had a drug developed that worked but had to be dosed dependent upon weight.
Marketing felt that doctors would only use the product if it was simple enough, so they made it a one-size-fits-all dose.
- DanBC 14y agoMedication non-compliance is a big problem. About half the English medication budget (£4.5 billion of £9 billion) is wasted because people don't take their medication correctly. This isn't just the medication for little things either. A major cause of transplanted organ problems is people not taking the meds correctly. Not great sources, but: (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/casenotes_20040817.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/casenotes_20040817.shtml) (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/casenotes_20060509.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/casenotes_20060509.shtml)
- kokey 14y agoI suspect this happens a lot. Many drugs should be dosed by weight and even gender yet we only see differential doses for adults and children most of the time. I'm smaller than your average male, so I often tend to reduce my dosage of certain drugs to below what is recommended on the package insert.