Applied Pharmacokinetics

Download or read book Applied Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics written by Michael E. Burton and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2006 with total page 924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive advanced-level clinical pharmacokinetics text is now in its Fourth Edition, with new emphasis on the relationship between pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Written by 70 leading researchers and practitioners, this book is a rigorous yet practical text on the application of pharmacokinetic methods, pharmacodynamic principles, and pharmacotherapeutic data for optimal, individualized drug therapy. This edition includes case studies that apply concepts to actual patient problems. New chapters cover tacrolimus, mycophenolic acid, sirolimus, antipsychotics, and critical evaluation of therapeutic drug monitoring methods. Other new features include more drawings and reference tables and an appendix on outcome studies with therapeutic drug monitoring.