Unit 2- Determination of dose and dosing intervals

CLINICAL PHARMACOKINETICS & PHARMACOTHERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING

UNIT-2

Design of dosage regimens

Determination of dose and dosing intervals

 

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Determination of dose and dosing intervals

The dose of a drug is the amount at the time of administration to

obtain a desired therapeutic response

 The dosage regimen refers to the schedule of dosing

 Generally, the manufacturers provide a range of doses for a given

drug

 Since several factors affect the dose of a drug, the exact amount

of a drug to be administered is decided by the healthcare

professionals

 The dose of a given drug is specific to the patient

 Thus, a fixed dose of a drug might be an overdose in some

patients, whereas the same dose might be considered an under-

dose in another group of patients

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