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A dose is the amount of medicine which has been prescribed for someone to take. Strength, in this context, refers to the power of the drug itself, both in its healing ability and in its side-effects. The greater the strength of the medicine, the smaller the dose needs to be.

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Dose is the amount of weight of formulation. e.g 10mg active in 15ml of solution (15ml is dose)

While strength is the amount of weight of only active ingredient. e.g 10mg active in 15ml of solition (10mg is strength)

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Dose refers to the specific amount of a medication or substance that is taken at one time, while strength refers to the concentration or potency of the active ingredient in a medication or substance. In other words, dose is the quantity consumed, whereas strength is the intensity or effectiveness of that quantity.

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