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audragclark

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The therapeutic index is a
 
  a. measure of relative safety of a drug
  b. computed as a ratio of a drug's LD50 to its ED50
  c. dependent upon the type of effect that is desired
  d. all of the above

Question 2

A shift in the dose-response function to the right indicates
 
  a. an increase in potency
  b. an increase in slope
  c. a decrease in potency
  d. a decrease in slope


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Jane

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

c


audragclark

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Gracias!

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