Current developments in drug testing in oral fluid.

abstract：:Results of phenobarbital analyses are presented for 14 patients with chronic renal failure, and compared using gas-liquid chromatography (GLC), enzyme immunoassay (EIA), and fluorescence polarization immunoassay (FPIA). Correlation of FPIA with GLC and EIA was poor. ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Bridges RR,Jennison TA

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 64-year-old man on chronic hemodialysis for end-stage renal disease developed peritoneal carcinomatosis, and palliative chemotherapy with fluorouracil was started. The drug was administered (325 mg/m as IV bolus, at 2 PM) on 2 separate occasions, ie, 1 hour after dialysis and 2 days later, 49 hours after dialysis. T...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Gusella M,Rebeschini M,Cartei G,Ferrazzi E,Ferrari M,Padrini R

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lidocaine has a concentration-dependent effect on seizures. At lower concentrations it has anticonvulsant properties, whereas concentrations above 15 microg/mL frequently result in seizures in laboratory animals and man. Seizures induced by lidocaine in experimental conditions invariably start in the amygdala. Despite...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： DeToledo JC

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case that offers insight into the diagnostic challenges of "Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy." Initial presentation with history of fever and later with intractable vomiting led to invasive and expensive diagnostic evaluation before confirming the diagnosis. Certain toxic effects of emetine were clini...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Bader AA,Kerzner B

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Gabapentin (Neurontin) and levetiracetam (Keppra) are anticonvulsants with novel structures and suggested therapeutic ranges of 2-10 mg/L and 6-20 mg/L, respectively. Gabapentin is also used extensively to manage neuropathic pain, and for this indication, wherein higher doses are prescribed, plasma concent...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Juenke JM,Brown PI,Johnson-Davis KL,McMillin GA

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lopinavir is one of the most-widely used protease inhibitors in the treatment of HIV-1 infected patients. Concentration-effect relationships have been described for both antiviral activity and toxicity. Less is known about patient characteristics that may determine interpatient variability in lopinavir plasma concentr...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： van der Leur MR,Burger DM,la Porte CJ,Koopmans PP

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several factors such as low therapeutic index, large interindividual variability in systemic exposure, and the relationships between exposure and toxicity for sorafenib could justify its therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM). To support TDM, a selective and precise high-performance liquid chromatography with ult...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Escudero-Ortiz V,Pérez-Ruixo JJ,Valenzuela B

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the predictive value of the risperidone and venlafaxine metabolic ratios and CYP2D6 genotype. METHODS:The determination of risperidone, 9-hydroxyrisperidone, and venlafaxine, O-desmethylvenlafaxine, N-desmethylvenlafaxine and CYP2D6 genotype was performed in 425 and 491 patients, respectively. T...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Mannheimer B,Haslemo T,Lindh JD,Eliasson E,Molden E

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are often prescribed posttransplantation to prevent gastrointestinal complications. A series of recent studies have reported a relationship between PPI comedication and decreased mycophenolic acid (MPA) exposure. The objective of this subanalysis of the CLEAR data set was to d...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Kiberd BA,Wrobel M,Dandavino R,Keown P,Gourishankar S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors refer to their experience with alternative matrices to supervise the methadone therapy of heroin abusers. For this purpose, hair, sweat, and urine samples were collected from 10 heroin addicts and from a control group and were submitted to gas chromatographic/mass spectroscopic analysis for methadone and i...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Fucci N,De Giovanni N

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of low-dose, ritonavir-boosted saquinavir (SQV/rtv) once daily plus 2 nucleoside retrotranscriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) in pregnant human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1-infected women was prospectively evaluated, ensuring a SQV minimum concentration (Cmin) >/=100 ng/mL with a therapeutic drug monitoring st...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Lopez-Cortes LF,Ruiz-Valderas R,Rivero A,Camacho A,Marquez-Solero M,Santos J,García-Lazaro M,Viciana P,Rodriguez-Baños J,Ocampo A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We report a feasibility study based on our large-scale experience with mycophenolate mofetil dose adjustment based on mycophenolic acid interdose area under the curve (AUC) in renal transplant patients. METHODS:Between 2005 and 2010, 13,930 requests for 7090 different patients (outside any clinical trial) w...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Saint-Marcoux F,Vandierdonck S,Prémaud A,Debord J,Rousseau A,Marquet P

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple and rapid liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS) method for the analysis of voriconazole has been developed. For comparison, serum voriconazole was measured using HPLC and bioassay. For the HPLC-MS/MS assay, samples were prepared in a deep-well block by adding 10 microL of serum to 40 mic...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Keevil BG,Newman S,Lockhart S,Howard SJ,Moore CB,Denning DW

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the pharmacokinetics of naloxone in healthy volunteers, we undertook an open-label crossover study in which six male volunteers received naloxone on five occasions: intravenous (0.8 mg), intramuscular (0.8 mg), intranasal (0.8 mg), intravenous (2 mg), and intranasal (2 mg). Samples were collected for 4 ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Dowling J,Isbister GK,Kirkpatrick CM,Naidoo D,Graudins A

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-two serum samples from 28 pediatric epileptic patients under treatment with phenytoin [diphenylhydantoin (DPH)] were obtained to study the correlation between total and free serum DPH concentrations. The effect of coadministered antiepileptic drugs on DPH protein binding was also studied. Binding of DPH to serum...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Johno I,Kuzuya T,Suzuki K,Hasegawa M,Nakamura T,Kitazawa S,Aso K,Watanabe K

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vancomycin is widely used in the prophylaxis and treatment of infections in neutropenic patients with cancer. The objective of this study was to analyze liver damage effects on vancomycin pharmacokinetics and determine the necessity for liver function evaluation when selecting vancomycin dosing schedules in these pati...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Aldaz A,Ortega A,Idoate A,Giráldez J,Brugarolas A

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This naturalistic therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) study aimed to evaluate the relationship between dosage, serum concentration, and clinical outcome in children and adolescents treated with the serotonin reuptake inhibitor sertraline for different indications. METHODS:Steady-state trough serum concentratio...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Taurines R,Burger R,Wewetzer C,Pfuhlmann B,Mehler-Wex C,Gerlach M,Egberts K

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral fluid (OF) is being developed as a specimen for the determination of drug intake as an alternative to serum and plasma. It is generally considered as an attractive specimen due to the noninvasive nature of the sampling procedure and the relation to the free fraction of drug in the blood. These features ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Neumann J,Beck O,Dahmen N,Böttcher M

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：:The clinical usefulness of cyclosporine is hampered by dose-limiting toxicities to the kidney that are not predicted by drug levels in serum or whole blood. Because of its lipophilic nature, circulating plasma lipoproteins may play a role in drug disposition. This study characterized the pharmacokinetic parameters of ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Brunner LJ,Luke DR,Lautersztain J,Williams LA,LeMaistre CF,Yau JC

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma concentrations of isepamicin, a new aminoglycoside antibiotic, were determined by radioimmunoassay (RIA), microbiological assay (MA), and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) in healthy volunteers after administration of 7.5 mg/kg intramuscular dosages once daily for 10 days. Plasma samples were collec...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Lin CC,Veals J,Korduba C,Hilbert MJ,Nomeir A

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding characteristics of the antiepileptic agent and teratogen valproic acid for human serum and human placenta were investigated utilizing equilibrium dialysis of the drugs in serum and in homogenates of whole placenta so that the transplacental transfer of the drug could be better defined. A low-capacity, high...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Bailey DN,Briggs JR

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three automated immunoassays for digoxin in serum were evaluated--Abbott TDxII, Baxter Stratus, and Behring OPUS. The accuracy and precision of the assays were assessed by weighed-in controls and an external quality control program. Coefficients of variation of all methods in serum were < or = 10% at weighed-in concen...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Dodds HM,Norris RL,Johnson AG,Pond SM

更新日期：1995-02-01 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：:Rapamycin (RAPA) is a new immunosuppressive drug with a potency similar to that of FK506 and up to a 100-fold greater than that of cyclosporine (CsA). RAPA has shown to be efficacious in the prolongation of allograft survival in a number of animal models. In early studies, RAPA was administered on a dose/weight basis,...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Yatscoff RW,LeGatt DF,Kneteman NM

更新日期：1993-12-01 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：:The objective of this study was to conduct an assessment of patient and parental preferences and an economic analysis of hospital costs in sampling blood and saliva for therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM). Costs and preferences were evaluated in the course of a study, which compared anticonvulsant concentrations in bloo...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Gorodischer R,Burtin P,Hwang P,Levine M,Koren G

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of oxycodone have been determined after single-dose administration by the intravenous (4.6-7.3 mg), oral (tablets, 9.1 mg and syrup, 9.1 mg), and rectal (30 mg) routes, in 48 patients undergoing minor surgery. There were no significant differences in the mean elimination half-lives between the int...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Leow KP,Smith MT,Watt JA,Williams BE,Cramond T

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accessing patient's veins for drug level sampling is not always feasible. The use of capillary sampling techniques is often utilized when venous access is hampered. In the therapeutic monitoring of patients, unexpected drug level results often occur that can be caused by a number of different factors. The possibility ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Murphy JE,Peltier T,Anderson D,Ward ES

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ergotamine has been used for therapeutic purposes since the 1950s, usually to treat vascular headache. It is highly toxic and in large, repeated doses can produce all the symptoms of ergot poisoning. A selective and sensitive method, based on liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS2), has been developed ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Favretto D,Frison G,Vogliardi S,Ferrara SD

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00