In the field of health sciences, specifically pharmacology, it is said that a dose is that amount of an element to which a person is exposed, for a certain period, generally the doses are measured in milligrams and They are calculated depending on the weight of the individual to whom it is going to be administered, their age and the reaction to it, in order to proceed to establish the number of times a substance must be consumed, which is generally done with accompaniment of food or drink. In general, as doses increase, so does its effect.
With regard to drugs, in general these are usually shown to the public in two different ways, the first is in a single dose where the drug must be identified with its expiration date and other regulations and as its name indicates. It should be consumed for a single time, this is generally the most used presentation in hospital centers, this is due to the ease with which they are supplied without mentioning that a mistake in the dose of said medication is less likely. For its part, the second is the presentation in various doses.
The overdose in turn refers to those cases in which a drug is delivered in higher doses than prescribed by the doctor, or failing over which the body can absorb what often can trigger fatal consequences for the affected.
For their part, the doses can be classified into several types, for example therapeutic, which is the dose that the body requires in order to be able to correct any type of condition or discomfort, there are also the so-called useless, because they do not have no type of short-term result in the body, finally there is the toxic dose, it is one that can be harmful to the body, which ends up causing the death of the affected person.
