Drug monitoring Flashcards
1
Q
Therapeutic drug monitoring of lithium? range + time?
A
range = 0.4 - 1.0 mmol/l
take 12 hrs post-dose
0.8-1.0mmol/L if acute mania
2
Q
When would you measure trough levels after starting ciclosporin?
A
Immediately before dose
3
Q
Therapeutic drug monitoring of digoxin?
A
At least 6-hours post dose (often just before next dose)
4
Q
Optimal response dose for phenytoin?
A
total plasma-phenytoin concentration for optimum response is 10–20 mg/litre (or 40–80 micromol/ litre)
