Lack of bio-marker and the potential to reduce the enzyme function if given incorrect dose are challenging aspects of current clinical trials.
Three times the incorrect dose of Digoxin was caught and three times the opportunity to correct the error was missed.
At incorrect doses, or otherwise misused, teas made from these plants are toxic and may be deadly.
They may contain inactive substances like tap water or chalk, wrong ingredients, incorrect doses or contaminants.
Scientific reviewers called St. John's wort promising but unproven, he said, adding that many of his own patients had tried it, but often irregularly and at incorrect doses.
Traditional Mexican tisanes should be consumed with great caution, as incorrect doses of some can be toxic.
The system improves patient safety by alerting nurses to medication allergies, incorrect doses, or a mismatch between the medication order and the patient about to receive the medication.
The active ingredients contained in a falsified medicine may in fact be sub-standard, completely absent, or present in an incorrect dose.
Dr. Leape and his colleagues help hospitals devise procedures for preventing wrong prescriptions and incorrect doses.
The attack could be used to deliver incorrect doses of insulin to patients.