Methadone in hair and sweat from patients in long-term maintenance therapy.

abstract：:The authors have developed a simple isocratic high-pressure liquid chromatographic (HPLC) assay for the simultaneous determination of lamotrigine and other frequently coadministered antiepileptic drugs in serum samples. Lamotrigine extraction was performed on a reversed-phase Oasis HBL preparation column. The eluates ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Torra M,Rodamilans M,Arroyo S,Corbella J

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Theophylline clearance was estimated by a single-sample technique in 19 subjects with acute clinical respiratory infections. Mean (+/- SD) theophylline clearance during acute illness was 0.044 +/- 0.011 L X h-1 X kg-1 compared to 0.043 +/- 0.012 L X h-1 X kg-1 1 month later. In a subset of five subjects, single-sample...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Bachmann K,Schwartz J,Martin M,Jauregui L

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug discovery programs are actively exploring for therapeutic agents targeting enzymes and receptors regulating sphingolipid metabolism and biologic functions. FTY720 is a close structural analogue of sphingosine with immunomodulatory properties. After oral administration, FTY720 is phosphorylated by sphingosine kina...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Kovarik JM,Schmouder RL,Slade AJ

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gabapentin is used in analgesic treatment of neuropathic pain, and large interindividual variation has been observed in the pharmacokinetics (PK) of the drug. The aim of this study was to develop a population PK model for gabapentin appropriate for monitoring patients with neuropathic pain and for individualizing thei...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Carlsson KC,van de Schootbrugge M,Eriksen HO,Moberg ER,Karlsson MO,Hoem NO

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the evaluation and interpretation of pharmacokinetic data reliable quantitative determinations are a requirement that can only be met by well-characterized and fully validated analytical methods. To cope with these requirements a method is being established that is based on an integrated and automated fiber-optic ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Gygax D,Botta L,Ehrat M,Graf P,Lefèvre G,Oroszlan P,Pfister C

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for the measurement of lamotrigine (LTG) simultaneously with phenobarbitone (PB), phenytoin (PHT), and carbamazepine (CBZ) is described using hexobarbital as the internal standard. The method uses the chromophore at 307 nm to detect LTG in the prese...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Ramachandran S,Underhill S,Jones SR

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy is characterized by seizures recurring at interindividually differing time intervals. It may be difficult to assess drug response if time intervals between seizures are long. Thus, the existence of surrogate parameters that could be used to reliably identify drug efficacy and tolerability at an early stage an...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Brandt C

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The practice of enhancing athletic performance through foreign substances was known from the earliest Olympic games. In 1967, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) established a Medical Commission responsible for developing a list of prohibited substances and methods. Drug tests were first introduced at the Olympi...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Fraser AD

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron overload resulting from transfusion dependency in some patients with chronic anaemia can be prevented by chelation. Deferasirox is an oral alternative to the well studied but inconvenient deferroxamine therapy. The pharmacokinetic parameters of this new drug suggest potential interindividual variability and patie...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Chauzit E,Bouchet S,Micheau M,Mahon FX,Moore N,Titier K,Molimard M

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since therapeutic drug monitoring is rapidly becoming a widely used tool in clinical medicine, we prospectively assessed 390 serum drug assays over a 4-week period to determine the appropriateness of serum sample collection. The results of appropriately collected samples were used to evaluate the ability of the physic...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Bussey HI,Hoffman EW

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atractyloside poisoning is an infrequent but often fatal form of herbal poisoning, which occurs worldwide but especially in Africa and the Mediterranean regions. The primary mechanism of atractyloside poisoning is known to be inhibition of the mitochondrial ADP transporter. Poisoning in humans may present with either ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Stewart MJ,Steenkamp V

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite significant interindividual variability in prednisolone pharmacokinetics and potentially serious consequences with inadequate or excessive exposure, monitoring of prednisolone levels is not employed to guide therapy. As ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry methods can ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Yates CJ,Barraclough KA,McWhinney BC,Ungerer JP,Fullinfaw RO,Colman PG,Fourlanos S,Cohney SJ

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5alpha-Reductase inhibitors such as finasteride are prohibited in sports according to the World Anti-Doping Agency. This class of drugs is used therapeutically to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia, as well as male baldness, by decreasing 5alpha-reductase activity. Accordingly, metabolic pathways of endogenous as well...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Thevis M,Geyer H,Mareck U,Flenker U,Schänzer W

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The greater and more consistent absorption of cyclosporine from the microemulsion formulation (Neoral; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Frimley, UK) when compared with that from the original form (Sandimmune; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Frimley, UK) results in greater systemic exposure. Lung transplant recipients cou...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Trull A,Steel L,Sharples L,Stewart S,Parameshwar J,McNeil K,Wallwork J

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have reported that the cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2D6 plays an important role in the fluvoxamine metabolism. However, some other studies have reported that the CYP2D6 genotype has no major impact on the fluvoxamine concentration. This study investigated the dose-dependent effect of CYP2D6-variant alleles on...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Watanabe J,Suzuki Y,Fukui N,Sugai T,Ono S,Inoue Y,Someya T

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the use of high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-MS/MS) for the quantification of indomethacin (IND) in plasma with microscale sample preparation. Plasma samples (100 microL) and mefanamic acid (internal standard [IS]), buffered to pH 3.5, were prepar...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Taylor PJ,Jones CE,Dodds HM,Hogan NS,Johnson AG

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenytoin is an effective anticonvulsant, but high serum phenytoin concentrations may be associated with serious toxicity. The upper limit for the therapeutic serum concentration of phenytoin is considered to be 80 micromol/L. However, in some situations higher serum concentrations are needed to control seizures. The ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Kozer E,Parvez S,Minassian BA,Kobayashi J,Verjee Z,Koren G

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight patients are described who displayed excessive concentrations of nortriptyline, imipramine, or clomipramine on routine blood level monitoring. Under these conditions, the patients did not respond to the treatment. All patients were markedly improved when the daily dosage of the antidepressant was reduced with a ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Balant-Gorgia AE,Balant LP,Garrone G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) is a cytoplasmic enzyme that preferentially catalyzes the S-methylation of aromatic and heterocyclic sulphydryl compounds, such as the thiopurine drugs azathioprine, mercaptopurine, and thioguanine. These drugs form the same terminal metabolites, the thioguanine nucleotides (TGNs). ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Lennard L

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is increasingly used for the treatment of autoimmune diseases (AID). In renal transplant recipients, it has been demonstrated that adjustment of the MMF dose according to the area under the plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC) of mycophenolic acid (MPA), the active moiety of MMF, im...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： de Winter BC,Neumann I,van Hest RM,van Gelder T,Mathot RA

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring plasma concentrations of therapeutic drugs presents special problems when these drugs are metabolized to compounds that have pharmacologic activity. This presentation reviews several methods for evaluating the pharmacologic activity of drug metabolites and describes the impact of active drug metabolites on ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Atkinson AJ Jr,Stec GP,Lertora JJ,Ruo TI,Thenot JP

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 64-year-old man with chronic renal insufficiency was hospitalized with dysphagia and inability to keep his head erect 11 months after beginning procainamide hydrochloride (PA) for control of atrial flutter. Evaluation revealed esophageal dysmotility, worsening renal function, and elevated serum PA and N-acetylprocai...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Miller CD,Oleshansky MA,Gibson KF,Cantilena LR

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report highlights a very rare adverse drug reaction of oral roxithromycin causing toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN). A 54-year-old male patient diagnosed with upper respiratory tract infection was prescribed oral roxithromycin 150 mg twice daily for 7 days. On the 10th day, the patient was admitted to the eme...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Das S,Mondal S,Dey JK

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The efficacy of drugs for the treatment of substance-related disorders is moderate at best. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) could be an instrument to improve outcomes. Because TDM for most of those drugs is not established, the authors reviewed the literature and built a rating scale to detect the potentia...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Brünen S,Vincent PD,Baumann P,Hiemke C,Havemann-Reinecke U

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific chromatographic methods for the measurement of cyclosporin A, tacrolimus, sirolimus, and everolimus blood levels in patients with organ transplants are time consuming when large numbers of samples must be processed. The authors developed a robust and fast (1 minute) online solid-phase extraction liquid chroma...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Meinitzer A,Gartner G,Pilz S,Stettin M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using mobile long-term electroencephalographic (EEG) monitoring in 7 absence epilepsy patients, the course of spike-wave discharge rate before and during valproate monotherapy was measured and compared to the profile of valproic acid serum level. Correlation analysis was done, taking into account an eventual time dela...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Burr W,Froescher W,Hoffmann F,Stefan H

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analytical technique using liquid chromatography (LC) coupled with electrospray-mass spectrometry (ESI--MS) has been developed for the simultaneous determination of five protease inhibitors (PIs): saquinavir, indinavir, ritonavir, nelfinavir, and amprenavir; and three non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Villani P,Feroggio M,Gianelli L,Bartoli A,Montagna M,Maserati R,Regazzi MB

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A neurophysiologic test battery (consisting of a 24-hour, seven-channel electroencephalogram [EEG], EEG spectral analysis, multiple sleep latency test, visual evoked potentials, critical flicker fusion, and visual contrast sensitivity) was administered twice to 16 patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) in a d...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Sundqvist A,Nilsson BY,Tomson T

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this review is to provide information for interpreting outcome results from monitoring of antipsychotics in biological samples. A brief overview of the working mechanisms, pharmacological effects, drug interactions, and analytical methods of classical and atypical antipsychotics is given. Nineteen antipsych...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Patteet L,Morrens M,Maudens KE,Niemegeers P,Sabbe B,Neels H

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for the determination of methotrexate (MTX) in biological fluids is described. The assay is rapid, the time required for analysis is less than 30 min, and it is sensitive, up to 0.01 microgram/ml, which is three times below the toxic MTX concentration. Fift...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Najjar TA,Matar KM,Alfawaz IM

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00