When less is more - efficacy with less toxicity at the ED50

Simon Dimmitt^{1

2}, Hans Stampfer^{3

4}, Jennifer H Martin^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine & Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, 3/10 McCourt St, West Leederville, 6007, Australia.
² Australian Community & Health Foundation, West Leederville, 6007, Australia.
³ Joondalup Health Campus, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia.
⁴ Consultant Psychiatrist, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia.
⁵ University of Newcastle School of Medicine and Public Health, Callaghan, New South Wales, 2298, Australia.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Hunter New England Local Health District, Newcastle, Australia.

Editorial

Simon Dimmitt et al. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2017 Jul.

. 2017 Jul;83(7):1365-1368.

doi: 10.1111/bcp.13281. Epub 2017 Apr 6.

Simon Dimmitt^{1

2}, Hans Stampfer^{3

4}, Jennifer H Martin^{5

6}

¹ School of Medicine & Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, 3/10 McCourt St, West Leederville, 6007, Australia.
² Australian Community & Health Foundation, West Leederville, 6007, Australia.
³ Joondalup Health Campus, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia.
⁴ Consultant Psychiatrist, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia.
⁵ University of Newcastle School of Medicine and Public Health, Callaghan, New South Wales, 2298, Australia.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Hunter New England Local Health District, Newcastle, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: dose-response; effective dose 50; pharmaceutical marketing.

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