The phrase "a missed dose" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to medication or treatment when referring to a dose that was not taken as scheduled.
Example: "If you forget to take your medication, it is important to know what to do about a missed dose."
Alternatives: "an omitted dose" or "a skipped dose."
"Forgiveness" – the difference between a drug's postdose duration of action and its prescribed dosing interval – estimates the margin of therapeutic effect following a missed dose.
The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of a long half-life (telmisartan, 24 h) versus intermediate half-life (valsartan, 6 to 9 h) on early morning BP in two scenarios: after an active dose and after a missed dose of each agent.
The alcohol coupled with a missed dose of anti-seizure medication proved catastrophic.
The first retrieval action is to be conducted by the DOT provider, within 24 hours of a missed dose.
Indeed, various recall periods and question formats have been shown to correlate differently with MEMS.[29] Given the overall high adherence in this study, a missed dose may have been fairly easy to recall and more sensitive in detecting incomplete adherence than recalling the number or percentage of doses missed.[30] This study had several limitations.
How often has your child had problems because of a missed dose at school?
But unlike a cellphone, a missing dose of epinephrine can prove fatal, particularly at a restaurant where people are less aware of what they are eating, more apt to try new types of foods and where waiters are not always aware of all the ingredients in the dishes they serve.
In case of microcolony induction more closely spaced test doses were applied with the aim to exclude a dose dependency (microcolonies can be recognized as toxic artifacts by a missing dose dependency).
The consequences of a single missed dose would also be less if IPT is repeated soon afterward.
With a forgiving drug, the duration of action is much longer than the dosage interval, so an occasional missed dose is unlikely to interrupt therapeutic activity (Osterberg et al. 2010).
Secondary end points were the proportion of patients for whom a 'workaround' was used by RCF staff to avoid a delayed or missed dose when an updated medication chart was not available and RCF staff and GP satisfaction.
