Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Data: A Concise Guide, 3rd Edition

With a Foreword by Charles E. Pippenger, PhD

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Data: Concise Guide is an easy-to-read source of information on intended use, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic range, and toxic concentrations, as well as bioavailability, disposition, metabolism, and excretion of commonly monitored therapeutic drugs. The Guide, useful as an educational aid and for clinical scientists involved in therapeutic drug monitoring, also includes chapters on:

• New candidates for therapeutic drug monitoring such as protease inhibitors and new immunosuppressants
• Basic issues of therapeutic drug monitoring such as pharmacokinetics, specimen handling, and common sources of interferences in immunoassays
• Drug-herb interactions

References are provided for those needing more detailed information.