title: Therapeutic drug monitoring. Practical considerations for primary care physicians.
abstract: Primary care physicians who understand the complexities of drug dosing may be able to provide their patients with more effective pharmacologic therapy. Standard or empirical methods of dosing are appropriate for most agents. The evolution of pharmacokinetics and clinically useful drug assays has led to pharmacokinetic dosing, a more sophisticated and exact method of dosing certain agents.
authors.affiliation: Drug Information Center, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15212-9986.
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Kisor
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vieira-Fattahi
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sterchele
mesh_terms: D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010599:Pharmacokinetics
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations