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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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ELI5: Why is calculus important in the medical field?
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When you take any medication, someone has to have calculated how long the drug lasts at each dosage level. They have determined the correct dose for each body weight. They know how that medication is affected by other drugs, including how the duration or decay rate changes.

To do these types of calculations, scientists and pharmacists use computers... But they used to use calculus.