The Open Pharmacology Journal
2008, 2 : 87-88Published online 2008 August 22. DOI: 10.2174/1874143600802010087
Publisher ID: TOPHARMJ-2-87
The Foundation of Toxicology’s Dose x Time = Constant Paradigm in Physics
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901
Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66212, USA.
ABSTRACT
The relationship dose x time = constant [mg · hr] has been reported in many toxicological experiments during the past 100 years. It was handled as a curiosity until Rozman and Doull pointed out that it can be found in every experiment that is conducted under equilibrium conditions which is called steady state in pharmacology and toxicology. This manuscript suggests that this relationship is consistent with the most basic laws of physics.