Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
decim. potentie/decimale potentie (unclear term in the relevant context)
English translation:
contextual meaning: strength in nearest whole numbers
Added to glossary by
Barend van Zadelhoff
Apr 1, 2019 13:22
5 yrs ago
Dutch term
Decim potentie
Dutch to English
Medical
Medical: Cardiology
Drugs
I'm working on a report in Belgian Dutch and they refer to a drug as 'decim potentie'. From the context it is probably low-strength aspirin, but I cannot find this usage anywhere. Can anyone confirm? It's in a list of heart drugs with dosages for a bypass patient.
Proposed translations
(English)
3 | strength in nearest whole numbers | Barend van Zadelhoff |
4 | Decimal potency | freekfluweel |
Change log
Apr 7, 2019 19:55: Barend van Zadelhoff changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1455820">Ralph Houston (X)'s</a> old entry - "Decim potentie"" to ""strength in nearest whole numbers""
Proposed translations
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strength in nearest whole numbers
Entresto 97 mg/103 mg filmomhulde tabletten
Elke filmomhulde tablet bevat 97,2 mg sacubitril en 102,8 mg valsartan (als sacubitril valsartan natriumzoutcomplex).
https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/product-information/e...
entresto 97mg/103mg / 2 x per dag 1 / decim.potentie
rounding off these decimals (97,2 mg and 102,8) to the nearest whole numbers results in:
97,2 --> 97
102.8 --> 102
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Note added at 1 hr (2019-04-01 15:19:58 GMT)
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See second sentence in the reference:
Elke filmomhulde tablet bevat 97,2 mg sacubitril en 102,8 mg valsartan (als sacubitril valsartan natriumzoutcomplex).
These are the actual strengths: Each film-coated tablet contains 97,2 mg sacubitril en 102,8 mg valsartan
The so-called 'decimal strength' is given in:
entresto 97mg/103mg / 2 x per dag 1 / decim.potentie
(Entresto 97mg/103mg / 1 tablet twice daily / 'decimal strength')
So clearly, the 'decimal strength' refers to the rounded decimals
Elke filmomhulde tablet bevat 97,2 mg sacubitril en 102,8 mg valsartan (als sacubitril valsartan natriumzoutcomplex).
https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/product-information/e...
entresto 97mg/103mg / 2 x per dag 1 / decim.potentie
rounding off these decimals (97,2 mg and 102,8) to the nearest whole numbers results in:
97,2 --> 97
102.8 --> 102
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Note added at 1 hr (2019-04-01 15:19:58 GMT)
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See second sentence in the reference:
Elke filmomhulde tablet bevat 97,2 mg sacubitril en 102,8 mg valsartan (als sacubitril valsartan natriumzoutcomplex).
These are the actual strengths: Each film-coated tablet contains 97,2 mg sacubitril en 102,8 mg valsartan
The so-called 'decimal strength' is given in:
entresto 97mg/103mg / 2 x per dag 1 / decim.potentie
(Entresto 97mg/103mg / 1 tablet twice daily / 'decimal strength')
So clearly, the 'decimal strength' refers to the rounded decimals
Peer comment(s):
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philgoddard
: I can see that the figures have been rounded, but you haven't explained your answer or given references proving that this is the meaning of the term.
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See above.
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freekfluweel
: pseudo-scientific RUBBISH! / Just gave an opinion on this content
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All I can think of with respect to this comment, is that you seem to enjoy insulting people. / Anyone can see this is insulting language, even if your 'opinion' was correct, but it isn't.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I think this is best in this context."
3 hrs
Dutch term (edited):
Decimale potentie
Decimal potency
ratio of actual drug : carrier
see d-box
see d-box
Peer comment(s):
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Barend van Zadelhoff
: Your D-box reference concerns 1) homeopathy (Hahnemann) (no homeopathy here, as already indicated) 2) No way you can reconcile this suggestion with this context.
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Discussion
I just looked at the SmPC, which cleared things up.
https://www.slideshare.net/atulrajgurav/decimal-and-centisci...
It was clear to me that decim. potentie was not a drug name as originally thought but related to a dosage. Barend, as usual, appears to have the time on his hands to do extensive research on Kudoz questions. Barend, I think you need more work!
My comments were intended as a "wegwijzer" to give others an idea of where to look. I also hope I have given you useful information about Vrijetekst geneesmiddel. The link may be useful in other respects as well.
Plainly the second occurrence is a copying error.
As to it being a standard term, it gets no Google hits because it is an abbreviation of 'decimale potentie', indeed a term in homeopathy.
Het is mogelijk om magistrale receptuur door te geven. Dit kan door bovenbedoelde mogelijkheid om gecodeerd ingrediënten aan te duiden en/of door de samenstelling en bereidingswijze als vrije tekst door te geven
Do you understand what that means?
By the way:
Entresto 97 mg/103 mg filmomhulde tabletten
Elke filmomhulde tablet bevat 97,2 mg sacubitril en 102,8 mg valsartan (als sacubitril valsartan
natriumzoutcomplex).
https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/product-information/e...
'decim. potentie' means that the strength in decimal numerals has been rounded off:
97,2 to 97
102,8 to 103
Valsartan/sacubitril tablet 102,8/97,2mg 2 x per dag 1 stuk (Entresto tablet filmomhuld 97/103mg)
Vrijetekst geneesmiddel entresto 97mg/103mg 2 x per dag 1 decim.potentie ()
Translation:
Valsartan/sacubitril tablet 102.8/97.2mg 2 x per day 1 pc (Entresto tablet film-coated 97/103mg)
Free text medication entresto 97mg/103mg 2 x per day 1 [tenth strength?]
but later, on its own:
(2 x per dag 1 decim.potentie) / PO / 08:00, 18:00
Translation:
(2 x per day 1 [tenth strength]) / oral / 08:00, 18:00