Match up the terminology in the left column to the definitions in the right column.

Question

A. Margin of safety
B. Therapeutic index
C. Acute toxicity
D. Effective dose (ED)
E. Lethal dose (LD)
F. National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
G. Dose
H. Drug related ED visit
I. Chronic toxicity
J. Toxicity

Answer 1

A. The ratio of a lethal dose for 1 percent of the population to the effective dose for 99 percent.
B. A measure of a drug's relative safety for use, computed by the ratio of the lethal dose for 50 percent of the population over the effective dose for 50 percent of the population.
C. The physical or psychological harm a drug might present to the user immediately or soon after the drug is ingested into the body.
D. The minimal dose of a particular drug necessary to produce the intended drug effect in a given percentage of the population.
E. The minimal dose of a particular drug capable of producing death in a given percentage of the population.
F. Examines many forms of drug use among Americans across the life span.
G. The quantity of drug that is taken into the body, typically measured in terms of milligrams or micrograms.
H. An occasion on which a person visits an emergency department (ED) for a purpose that is related to recent drug use.
I. The physical or psychological harm a drug might cause over a long period of use.
J. The physical or psychological harm that a drug might present to the user.