Pharmacokinetics: Part 2 – therapeutic drug
monitoring
Learning outcomes:
By the end of this module you should be able to:
- understand the basic pharmacokinetic principles underpinning
therapeutic drug monitoring
- describe what therapeutic drug monitoring is and when it is
useful
- understand the limitations of therapeutic drug monitoring
- have a knowledge of the multiple factors that can influence
drug handling in vivo and how these affect plasma levels
- apply these principles to the interpretation of plasma drug
levels
- apply this knowledge to common psychotropic drugs
- give examples of psychotropic drugs that undergo therapeutic
drug monitoring.
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