===== POTENTIA_MEDICAMEN ===== === Potency (pharmacology), VERSION OF THE GLOSSARIUM === In the field of pharmacology, potency is a measure of drug activity expressed in terms of the amount required to produce an effect of given intensity. A highly potent drug evokes a given response at low prescribed daily dose, while a drug of lower potency evokes the same response only at higher prescribed daily dose.[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potency_(pharmacology) | Wikipedia ]]