Clinical implications of thiopurine methyltransferase--optimization of drug dosage and potential drug interactions.

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：:An accurate and specific liquid chromatographic method for the separation and analysis of the R(+) and S(-) enantiomers of both aminoglutethimide (AG) and its acetylated metabolite (AcAG) in plasma, saliva, and urine is described. The separation was achieved by use of two serial Chiralcel OD columns [cellulose tris(3,...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Alshowaier IA,el-Yazigi A,Ezzat A,el-Warith AA,Nicholls PJ

更新日期：1995-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:No information on the pharmacokinetic characteristics of amlodipine (AML) metabolites is available. This study aimed to develop a method based on isocratic liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry for the simultaneous determination of AML and its 2 major metabolites, dehydroamlodipine (DH-AM...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Taguchi R,Naito T,Sato H,Kawakami J

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：:Hyperlipidemia interferes with spectrophotometric assays of a number of analytes. No interference was found in the assay of gentamicin, phenytoin, or phenobarbital due to turbidity in levels of triglyceride less than or equal to 2,000 mg/dl with the Abbott TDx or Syva enzyme multiplied immunoassay (EMIT) methods. Ther...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Baer DM,Paulson RA

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma concentration-antidepressant response relationships for dothiepin, nordothiepin, dothiepin-S-oxide, and nordothiepin-S-oxide were investigated in 50 patients (33 women and 17 men), who had had a major depressive episode. Depression and anxiety were assessed at the start of therapy and after 2 and 4 weeks by mea...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Ilett KF,Blythe TH,Hackett LP,Ong RT,Tannenbaum DA,Clarke TM

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, high-dose oral synthetic delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) was shown to alleviate cannabis withdrawal symptoms. The present data describe cannabinoid pharmacokinetics in chronic, daily cannabis smokers who received high-dose oral THC pharmacotherapy and later a smoked cannabis challenge. METHODS:...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Milman G,Bergamaschi MM,Lee D,Mendu DR,Barnes AJ,Vandrey R,Huestis MA

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pentobarbital serum concentrations associated with a high-dose therapeutic regimen were determined using EMIT immunoassay reagents. Replicate analyses of serum controls resulted in a within-assay coefficient of variation of 5.0% and a between-assay coefficient of variation of 10%. Regression analysis of 44 serum sampl...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Pape BE,Cary PL,Clay LC,Godolphin W

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simplified pharmacokinetic methods have been used to estimate caffeine clearance in subjects with liver disease. There is a need to have a reliable, easy to implement method for research and possible clinical use. This study evaluates the use of Bayesian pharmacokinetic forecasting techniques to estimate caffeine clea...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Denaro CP,Jacob P 3rd,Benowitz NL

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 12 institutionalized epilepsy patients who had been treated 19 months (SD +/- 5) with valproic acid, 27.0 mg/kg (SD +/- 11.9), phenytoin, 6.33 mg/kg (SD +/- 1.36), and co-anticonvulsants, the mean percentage of daily free valproic acid was 11.72 (SD +/- 2.10) and of phenytoin 20.39 (SD +/- 3.32). By serial within-d...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Haidukewych D,Rodin EA

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the late 90s, biopharmaceuticals targeting tumor necrosis factor alpha have revolutionized the treatment of moderately to severely active inflammatory bowel disease. The robust efficacy witnessed in many patients stands in stark contrast with the observation of a proportion of patients who fail to respond or who...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Detrez I,Van Stappen T,Martín Arranz MD,Papamichael K,Gils A

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Their common clinical use, frequency of adverse effects, serious therapeutic indications, treatment failures, and availability of sensitive assays make corticosteroids such as prednisone and prednisolone candidates for therapeutic drug monitoring. Complicating the interpretation of plasma drug concentrations are the f...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Jusko WJ,Rose JQ

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A radioimmunoassay (RIA) procedure for the determination of sulforidazine in human plasma was developed using an antiserum raised in rabbits immunized with N-(2-carboxyethyl)desmethylsulforidazine-porcine thyroglobulin conjugate. The RIA procedure can measure as low as 40 pg of sulforidazine in a 200-microliter human ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Chakraborty BS,Hawes EM,Midha KK

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of rifampicin (RMP) and its principal active metabolite desacetylrifampicin (DA-RMP) were studied in six subjects, ranging in age from 78 to 95 years, after single oral doses of 10 mg/kg RMP. The maximal plasma concentrations (Cmax) and the elimination half-lives (t 1/2 beta) of RMP are 8.83 +/- 1...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Advenier C,Gobert C,Houin G,Bidet D,Richelet S,Tillement JP

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two published case reports showed that addition of risperidone (1 and 2 mg/d) to a clozapine treatment resulted in a strong increase of clozapine plasma levels. As clozapine is metabolized by cytochrome P450 isozymes, a study was initiated to assess the in vivo interaction potential of risperidone on various cytochrom...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Eap CB,Bondolfi G,Zullino D,Bryois C,Fuciec M,Savary L,Jonzier-Perey M,Baumann P

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is commonly employed to optimize the dosing of certain drugs, including digoxin, aminoglycosides, theophylline, and phenytoin. Studies were reviewed in order to (a) evaluate the effect of TDM on the occurrence of toxic drug reactions (TDRs) and (b) identify factors that may modify or ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Ried LD,Horn JR,McKenna DA

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of senkyunolide A, one of the major bioactive ingredients in the traditional Chinese medicinal herb Rhizoma Chuanxiong, which is commonly used for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, was studied in rats. After intravenous (IV) administration, senkyunolide A was extensively distributed (Vd/F:...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Yan R,Lin G,Ko NL,Tam YK

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study develops a population pharmacokinetic model for lamotrigine (LTG) in Spanish and German patients diagnosed with epilepsy. LTG steady-state plasma concentration data from therapeutic drug monitoring were collected retrospectively from 600 patients, with a total of 1699 plasma drug concentrations. The data we...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Rivas N,Buelga DS,Elger CE,Santos-Borbujo J,Otero MJ,Domínguez-Gil A,García MJ

更新日期：2008-08-01 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：:Four different immunoassays were used to measure cyclosporine A (CsA) plasma (20 degrees C) levels in heart and kidney transplant recipients. Two radioimmunoassays (RIAs) (Sandimmune and Cyclotrac) and the fluorescence polarization immunoassay (FPIA) were based on polyclonal antibodies, whereas the fourth (Cyclotrac-S...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Hesse CJ,Baan CC,Daane R,Stolk BJ,Jutte NH,Hendriks GF,Weimar W

更新日期：1990-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:In psychopharmacology, treatment with psychotropic drugs is often suboptimal, mainly because of the high interindividual variability in pharmacokinetic properties. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) can be a valuable tool for monitoring the individual effects of a prescribed dosage in a patient, and it facili...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Wang J,Huang H,Yao Q,Lu Y,Zheng Q,Cheng Y,Xu X,Zhou Q,Wu D,Zhang M,Li X,Zhang J

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：: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：:A rapid and reliable micro procedure for the high pressure liquid chromatographic analysis of cimetidine. N"-cyano-N-methyl-N'-[2-[[(5-methyl-1H-imidazol-4-yl)methyl]thio]ethyl]guanidine, in serum or plasma is described. The percentage analytical recovery of cimetidine and internal standard (beta-hydroxypropyl-theophy...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Soldin SJ,Fingold DR,Fenje PC,Mahon WA

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of whole blood and plasma levels of cyclosporin A (CsA) by radioimmunoassay in kidney transplant recipients receiving the drug showed that CsA concentrations in plasma increased nonlinearly when whole blood levels of the drug exceeded 1,000 ng/ml. At low plasma levels (less than 200 ng/ml), most of the CsA...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Agarwal RP,McPherson RA,Threatte GA

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted to determine whether assay-specific quantitative differences exist in the determination of vancomycin serum concentrations obtained from patients with renal dysfunction. Vancomycin serum concentrations were obtained during the first week of therapy for each of three time intervals: 48-96 h, 96-14...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Peckman HJ,Dupuis RE,Sawyer WT,Brouwer KL,Cross RE

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caffeine is a potentially useful alternative to theophylline for the treatment and prevention of apnea of prematurity because of its lower toxicity and longer terminal half-life. Monitoring of salivary caffeine concentrations is less invasive than blood sampling, especially in very sick premature neonates. Caffeine ci...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Lee TC,Charles BG,Steer PA,Flenady VJ

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacokinetics of intravenous and oral pulsed high-dose dexamethasone were studied in four patients with pemphigus vulgaris. Doses for dexamethasone were varied from 100 to 300 mg. Serum concentrations were measured by high-performance liquid chromatographic procedure with diode assay detection. Bioavailability was ...

journal_title：Therapeutic drug monitoring

authors： Tóth GG,Kloosterman C,Uges DR,Jonkman MF

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00