The margin of safety should be large to avoid toxicity / poisoning.
What is a margin of safety?
It is the distance between the desired effect and the toxic effect. Shibamoto and Bjeldanes (2009) defined safety as the freedom from danger.
Why is a bigger margin of safety better than a small one?
A bigger margin of safety is better since it will mean that the drug user would niot easily or accidentally experience the toxic effects of the drug.
Explain why each of the lines flatline at the top and why the second line also flatlines to begin with.
The flat lines that are observed on top of the analgesic and depressive curves indicate the tolerant states of the drug usage
Analgesic curve flatlines
The flatlines on top of the analgesic curve depicts the state when no further increase in dosage would increase the desired effects
Depressive curve flatlines
As for the depressive curve.The plateau depict the state when no further increase in dosage would...
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