2008/11/25 Nathan nawrich@gmail.com:
I'm not sure that keeping the dosage information has much beneficial impact - on the one hand you discourage self-medicating, but on the other you don't tell people what the maximum dosage is, and that information might be crucial if they are in fact self-medicating.
In [all senses of the word] practice, doctors treating the public will prescribe wildly varying dosages. We would do better to state the range of dosages referred to in peer-reviewed medical journals rather than trying to establish what is or isn't "ideal" based on what any practitioners say, or what the fine print of the adverts say, or what the Rx receipts you peel off your car in the parking lot of Wal-Mart say, or what any other data released on the commercial end says.
If this standard proves too difficult or if the stuff is available over-the-counter (i.e. self-prescribed), I would feel most comfortable to list the LD50 and be done with it.
If this sounds crass don't worry, I have reasons for which I avoid editing articles related to medicine (somebody will say "such as ignorance" I know—they can go to hell in advance).
—C.W.