Tolerability
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Tolerability
Tolerability (/tɒlərəˈbɪlɪti/), in the context of medicine, refers to the degree to which overt adverse effects of a drug can be tolerated by a patient.
Etymology
The term "tolerability" is derived from the Latin word "tolerare", which means "to bear or endure". In the medical context, it has been used since the 20th century to describe the patient's ability to endure the adverse effects of a drug.
Related Terms
- Adverse effect: An undesired harmful effect resulting from a medication or other intervention such as surgery.
- Pharmacovigilance: The science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other drug-related problem.
- Therapeutic index: A comparison of the amount of a therapeutic agent that causes the therapeutic effect to the amount that causes toxicity.
- Drug tolerance: A pharmacological concept describing subjects' reduced reaction to a drug following its repeated use.
- Side effect: A problem that occurs when treatment goes beyond the desired effect or problems that occur in addition to the desired therapeutic effect.
See also
References
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Tolerability
- Wikipedia's article - Tolerability
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