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Maximum dosage

Question:  How do they determine the maximum dosage of medicine? 
---Dave

Answer:
Depends on the medicine, but I believe that experiments are
done with mice, rats, etc. to determine rough ranges; then
"higher" mammals are used to refine the dosages, and ultimately
human volunteers.
 
Better ask this in the biology section too...
 
-topper

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