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Intermittent Dosing

Meaning

Intermittent dosing is a specific clinical strategy where a medication or hormone replacement therapy is administered in defined cycles, consisting of periods of active treatment followed by planned, temporary withdrawal or reduction periods. This approach is intentionally designed to contrast with continuous daily administration. It is often employed in therapeutic endocrinology to prevent receptor desensitization, mitigate cumulative side effects, or more closely mimic the body’s natural pulsatile hormone release.