What Is a Defined Daily Dose?
Using DDD as the measurement unit, it is more reasonable than the previous simple drug amount and consumption, and will not be affected by the different drug sales prices, packaging doses, and daily doses of various drugs. The problem that the number of times cannot be compared can better reflect the frequency of drug use.
Limited daily dose
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- Limited daily dose
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- Average daily dose of medication for adults for treatment purpose
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- Not subject to treatment classification or dosage
- limitation
- It will appear low in children
- Using DDD as the measurement unit, it is more reasonable than the previous simple drug amount and consumption, and will not be affected by the different drug sales prices, packaging doses, and daily doses of various drugs. The problem that the number of times cannot be compared can better reflect the frequency of drug use.
- The average daily dose of a drug used by adults for primary therapeutic purposes.
- Due to different medication conditions in different countries, some
- Because the determination of DDD is the daily dose of drug evaluation for adults in order to achieve the main therapeutic purpose, due to the difference in drug dosage in the actual treatment process, the determination of DDD does not take into account the reduction in the dosage of patients with liver and kidney dysfunction, and there are also weight The condition of the drug, that is,
- DDD is a value based on adult medication, and children do not yet have a corresponding system; The main indication is in the drug ATC code. When the recommended dose needs to be calculated based on weight, the weight is set to
- DDDs = total annual sales of the drug (g) / DDD value of the drug.
- The total dose of a drug refers to the calculation of the total dose (g) of drugs of the same variety, different specifications, and different manufacturers, and the total dose (g) consumed by the variety is finally calculated.
- Also called average daily cost.
- DUI (drug utilization index) refers to the DDDs divided by the actual days of drug use, which can be used as a criterion for judging whether the clinical drug use is reasonable. If the DUI is greater than 1.0, the doctor's daily dose is greater than DDD, and the medication is not reasonable.