The total amount of a medicine you take in a 24-hour day. You’ll need to know this number in order to get pricing details for your medicine using our Price a Medication tool.\r\rTo calculate your total daily dose, multiply the amount of medicine by the number of times you take it every day.\r\rExample\r\r\r You take 2 tablets 4 times per day.\r Your total daily dose is 2 x 4 = 8.