Drug monitoring Flashcards
1
Q
statins
A
LFT baseline, 3 and 12 months
2
Q
ace in
A
U&E- prior, increases dose, annually
3
Q
Amiodarone
A
TFT, LFT, U&E, CXR prior
TFT LFT 6 months
4
Q
Methotrexate
A
FBC, LFT, U&E- prior and weekly until established. then 2-3monthly.
5
Q
azathioprine
A
FBC LFT- prior, weekly for 4 weeks (FBC only), then 3 monthsly.
6
Q
Lithium- regular monitoring
A
TFT U&E- prior
Lithium level weekly until stable then 3 monthly
TFT and U&E 6 months
7
Q
Sodium valporate
A
LFT FBC before.
LFT periodically during 6 months
8
Q
Glitazones
A
LFT before and regularly during.
9
Q
Lithium range
A
0.4-1mmol/l
take 12 hours post-dose
10
Q
Ciclosporin
A
trough levels immediately before dose
11
Q
digoxin
A
6hrs post-dose
12
Q
Phenytoin
A
trough levels before dose if- adjusting dose, suspecting toxicity, detection of non-adherence.
