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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