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mohirl t1_j6fd26g wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Can you (roughly) determine the dosage of a drug taken based off of the blood concentration? by bynarie

Surely time is a large factor?

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bruce_kwillis t1_j6fftgi wrote

Correct.

OP is asking the wrong question. Based on what day provided it seems in line with an overdose, especially with the other drugs involved, unless the person was a known addict.

From a tox report you only have a snapshot at the one particular time point. You need multiple time points to even potentially guess the starting dose along with an extensive patient history.

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