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[Thomas Dalton]

2009/5/25 David Goodman <dgoodmanny at gmail.com>:
> Why is giving it  in terms of body mass when that is the official
> standard not correct?. For some drugs there is a range of usual dose,
> for some there is   a single standard dose.  We are on much firmer
> ground reporting a standard than reporting an empirical range based
> upon non-official secondary sources.

I didn't say it wasn't correct. It is just unwise. Specific dosage
information can be used for administering treatment (and, therefore,
can cause serious problems if it is incorrect), a range of typical
doses can't be.