Prescribed daily dose

{{short description|Usual dose of a medication for a specific condition}}

Prescribed daily dose (PDD) is the usual dose of medication calculated by looking at a group of prescriptions for the medication in question. At times the PDD needs to be related to the condition being treated.{{cite web |title=Introduction to Drug Utilization Research: Chapter 6: Drug utilization metrics and their applications: 6.2 Prescribed daily dose and consumed daily dose |url=https://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Js4876e/7.2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526131943/http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Js4876e/7.2.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 26, 2010 |website=apps.who.int |accessdate=26 November 2019}}