Comment by gavinray
1 day ago
Tell me you never studied basic med chem or pharmacology without telling me...
You can't use animal models for dose, you have to convert to hED (Human-Equivalent Dosage). You can estimate this generally with allometric scaling:
https://drughunter.com/practical-pk-calculators
Also, animal physiology varies.
Beta-adrenergic agonists like clenbuterol make mice wildly muscular, which unfortunately is not the case in humans, for example.
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