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Ideal body weight (Devine)

The formula used for medication dosing — not a body goal.

Published formula · ~1 min · Reviewed October 2026 · Scored on your device

WHAT THIS DOES NOT DO

This formula exists for drug dosing, not for setting a personal weight goal.
It takes no account of frame size, muscle mass, age or ethnicity.
Being above or below it is not in itself a health finding.

SOURCE & LICENCE

Devine BJ. Gentamicin therapy. Drug Intell Clin Pharm. 1974;8(11):650–655.

The Devine formula is published in the open literature. No licence applies.

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