What's the difference between dosology and posology?
Dosology
Definition:
(n.) Posology.
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Posology
Definition:
(n.) The science or doctrine of doses; dosology.
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(1) The varnish seemed to be better with respect to the posology as the total dose of miconazole is minimal and only one application is necessary.
(2) Despite the presence in the region of an important resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine (80% specimens), one can conclude to a satisfying susceptibility of this parasite to quinine, provided posology and divided doses are respected.
(3) They discuss about the compositions and posologies of the most present therapeutic certificates underlining the importance of a precox diagnosis.
(4) Although there is an obvious need for an adapted posology in patients with liver diseases, only suggestions can be drawn from presently limited data.
(5) Additional studies are needed to define optimal posology.
(6) A posology and a rythm of administration are returned by the calculator.
(7) To obtain a valid blood serum level in as many patients as possible, a posology of 3-4 captabs, spaced over a 24-hour period is suggested for the treatment of infections with ampicillin-sensitive germs.
(8) Researches carried out on a group of patients affected by congestive heart failure showed that, the diuretic efficacy being equal, the association of hydrochlorothiazide + spironolactone does not significantly interfere, at the various posologic levels, with the potassium balance.
(9) The theophylline blood levels, distinguished by drug formulation and posology, were spread over very large ranges (coefficient of variation up to 88%, mean of 55%), so that many concentrations were subtherapeutic or potentially toxic.
(10) Consequences of these disturbances of pharmacokinetic characteristics have to be evaluated before adequate posology of heparin fragments could be determined in patients with CRF.
(11) On account of this fact and also because SK injectable preparations may offer a variation in activity, the writers advocate a "preliminary control in vitro" by means of the resistance test to streptokinase that enables one to make sure, for each patient, of the biological efficacy of the drug and to specify the starting posology.
(12) A posology of two daily injections of 50 MRC units of SCT is suggested when a quick and maximum stoppage of pagetic remodeling is required.
(13) The posology is one capsule (T 250 mg + S 200 mg) daily, after a loading dose of two capsules on the first day.
(14) The considerable variability of elimination rate observed among patients (extreme values of half-life and clearance differ 10-fold) mainly account for the unforeseeability of plasma levels obtainable with a given posology.
(15) These modifications may be of clinical relevance and suggest that, as a general rule, when progabide is added to an established treatment with phenobarbital or phenytoin or carbamazepine, an adjustment of previous posology may be necessary.
(16) appear to us as an original therapy, the "pivot chemotherapy" around which psychotherapy and sociotherapy can be arranged without anarchical and ceaseless changes of neuroleptic compounds and of posology.
(17) Expressing chemosensitive bacteria directly in values of minimum inhibiting concentrations would evaluate the pharmokinetic action of single chemotherapeutical agents in relation to infective organ or apparatus pathologies which limits the practical significance of posology.
(18) The best meperidine starting posology was 200 mg four times daily, which allowed stoppage of the opioid treatment after gradual reduction of the daily dose in a mean time of 9.5 days.
(19) The posology of 40 milliard and the bi-weekly sequence of the treatments presented the highest immunoreactions.
(20) After an excursus of the most frequent infectious aetiologies, they show their experience in RTI treatment, mainly acute LRTI, with a new fluorquinolone, ciprofloxacin, at the posology of 250 mg p.o.