The Minimum Effective Dose: Why Less is More
Most people think that doing anything beyond the Minimum Effective Dose is wasted effort. That's not the case. Some things shouldn't be left to chance.
Mental Models | Reading Time: 2 minutes The Minimum Effective Dose: Why Less is More “Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry *** In pharmacology, the effective dose is the amount of a drug that produces the desired response in most patients. Determining the range for a drug, the difference between the minimum effective dose and the maximum tolerated dose is incredibly important. The Minimum Effective Dose (MED) is a concept I first came across in The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Ra
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