The amount of medication prescribed for a single administration is called what?

• A. How supplied
• B. Dosage
• C. Unit-dose form
• D. Absorption rate

Answer: (B)

The main idea is the amount of drug to be given at one time. That prescribed quantity for each administration is the dosage. It specifies how much drug is given in a single dose, and it can be expressed in milligrams, milliliters, or units, often tailored to the patient’s factors like weight or organ function. This is distinct from how the drug is packaged or supplied (how many items are in the bottle or whether it’s single-dose packaging) and from the rate at which the drug is absorbed into the body after administration, which affects onset and exposure but not the per-dose amount. So the term that best fits “the amount prescribed for a single administration” is dosage.