title: Basic principles of pharmacokinetics.
abstract: Pharmacokinetics can be used clinically to empirically describe the serum concentrations of drugs in the body. With a good understanding of the general principles utilized in predicting drug levels, the practitioner can understand the drugs and specific patient populations most likely to benefit from or need careful adjustment in therapeutic drug monitoring.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Nightingale
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carver
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations