Answer the following questions using the therapeutic index graph above.1. How many milligrams of the drug are necessary to produce an effective dose in 50% of the subjects tested?Answer: _____________2. How many milligrams of the drug are necessary to produce a lethal dose in 50% of the subjects?Answer: _____________3. Calculate the therapeutic index for the drug. Remember .Answer: _____________4. How many milligrams of the drug are needed to be effective in 100% of the subjects?Answer: ________________

What will be an ideal response?


1. 20 mg
2. 60 mg
3.
4. approximately 38 mg

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