I found that these two words are synonyms and share the same meaning: the amount of a medicine. Can I use both of them in the same sentence?
for example:
The highest dosage of drug A increased […] while the middle dose did not.
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I found that these two words are synonyms and share the same meaning: the amount of a medicine. Can I use both of them in the same sentence?
for example:
The highest dosage of drug A increased […] while the middle dose did not.
Best Answer
They can often be used interchangeably. A 'dose' is a countable unit of it (1 spoonfuls, etc). The uncountable 'dosage' is what the doctor prescribes.
The following extract from MedLinguistic explains the difference: