what the heck does TITRATE mean i dont understand the word titrate tell me please

Marky,

In chemistry, titrating is adding one chemical to another, usually drop by drop, to get just exactly a certain result...like a certain pH or adding one chemical to react with another and form a salt but to stop at exactly the point where all of the other is used up but no more.

The meaning has been expanded to mean gradually changing the amount or timing of a drug to get exactly what you want to achieve without overdoing it. Like titrating a BP drug to exactly the point where your BP is "normal" but no more.



For example I used to take Inderal up to 3 times a day. If my BP went a little low, I'd cut back to once or twice a day. That's titrating of a sort.
Doctors HATE the concept if a patient is doing it.:D