A literature review reveals that a new drug has a median lethal dose of 10 and a median effective dose of 5. The nurse determines that an error in which ________ times the correct dose is given could be lethal. Record your answer rounding to the nearest whole number.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
2
x = 10/5; solving for x, the therapeutic index would be 2. This means it would only take an error in magnitude of approximately 2 times the average dose to be lethal.
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