microdose

English

Alternative forms

• micro-dose

Etymology

From micro- +‎ dose.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌdoʊs/

Noun

microdose (plural microdoses)

1. (medicine) A very low dose (especially of radiation therapy).

Verb

microdose (third-person singular simple present microdoses, present participle microdosing, simple past and past participle microdosed)

1. (transitive) To administer a very low dose to.
2. (transitive) To prepare (medicines, etc.) at very low dosages.
3. To recreationally take small amounts of psychedelic drugs in the belief that it will aid productivity.

   microdose on LSD

   • 2011, James Fadiman, The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide‎^[1]:

     What I feel that micro-dosing does is to slightly rearrange my neural furniture so that glimmers of full-on psychedelic states are constantly pouring into my awareness.

   • 2017, Ayelet Waldman, A Really Good Day‎^[2], book subtitle:

     How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life

   • 2022 February 28, Dana G. Smith, “More People Are Microdosing for Mental Health. But Does It Work?”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN:

     Microdosing is typically defined by experts as taking 5 percent to 10 percent of a full dose of a psychedelic, usually LSD or psilocybin, as a way to get the supposed mental health benefits of the drug without the hallucinogenic high.

   • 2022, “Estaciones”, performed by Action Bronson ft. Hologram:

     You microdose while you wifing hoes / I macrodose while I'm mackin' hoes

See also

• mithridatism