Maintenance Dose
Definition
The regular dose of medication given at fixed intervals to maintain the drug at therapeutic steady-state levels. The maintenance dose replaces the amount of drug eliminated between doses.
Example
After a digoxin loading dose, the maintenance dose of 0.125-0.25 mg daily maintains therapeutic levels between 0.5-2.0 ng/mL.
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