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The '''defined daily dose''' ('''DDD''') is a statistical measure of [[pharmaceutical drug|drug]] consumption, defined by the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO). It is used to standardize the comparison of drug usage between different drugs or between different health care environments. The DDD is not to be confused with the [[therapeutic dose]] or with the dose actually prescribed by a physician for an individual patient.<ref name="WHOCC">WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology (WHOCC): [http://www.whocc.no/ddd/definition_and_general_considera/ DDD Definition and general considerations]</ref>
 
The WHO's definition is: "The DDD is the assumed average [[maintenance dose]] per day for a drug used for its main indication in adults."<ref name="WHOCC" />
 
==Use==
A common problem when comparing drugs is that different medications can be of different potency. For example, 20&nbsp;mg of the [[beta blocker]] [[propranolol]] are much less effective than 20&nbsp;mg of the beta blocker [[bisoprolol]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Mutschler|first=Ernst|coauthors=Gerd Geisslinger, Heyo K. Kroemer, Monika Schäfer-Korting|title=Arzneimittelwirkungen|publisher=Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft|location=Stuttgart|date=1996|edition=7|pages=289&ndash;90|isbn=3-8047-1377-7|language=German}}</ref> To reflect this, the WHO has decided on a DDD for propranolol of 160&nbsp;mg<ref>WHOCC: [http://www.whocc.no/atc_ddd_index/?code=C07AA05 Propranolol]</ref> and for bisoprolol of 10&nbsp;mg.<ref>WHOCC: [http://www.whocc.no/atc_ddd_index/?code=C07AB07 Bisoprolol]</ref> Individual patients can still be prescribed higher or lower doses, for instance in children, patients with liver or kidney impairment, patients with a [[combination therapy]], or due to differences in [[drug metabolism]] between individuals or [[ethnicities]] ([[genetic polymorphism]]).<ref name="WHOCC" />
 
The DDD system is most frequently used in academic articles and reports, and as a tool for comparison and control over nationwide total drug consumption. For example, the overall drug consumption of beta blockers can be measured in DDDs and compared between different countries, sexes or other populations.
 
==Calculation==
If the DDD for a certain drug is given, the number of DDDs used by an individual patient or (more commonly) by a collective of patients is as follows.
 
<math>Drug\ usage(DDDs) = \frac{Items\ issued  \times Amount\ of\ drug\ per\ item}{DDD}</math>
 
For example, the [[analgesic]] (pain reliever) [[paracetamol]] has a DDD of 3&nbsp;g, which means that an average patient who takes paracetamol for its main indication, which is pain relief, uses 3 grams per day. This is equivalent to six standard tablets of 500&nbsp;mg each. If a patient consumes 24 such tablets (12&nbsp;g of paracetamol in total) over a certain span of time, this equals a consumption of four DDDs.
 
<math>Drug\ usage(DDDs) = \frac{24 \times 500mg}{3g} = 4</math>
 
==See also==
*[[Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System]]
*[[ADQ (Pharmacy)|ADQ]] (average daily quantity), a [[United Kingdom|British]] alternative
 
==References==
{{reflist}}
 
==External links==
*[http://www.whocc.no World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre]
 
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