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The level of drug should always be between?
MEC and MTC
if any drug crosses MTC
it will solicit toxic effects
If a drug is unable to surpass MEC
It will cause therapeutic failure
MEC is also called
minimum inhibitory concentration
similar in amount to usual doses, are then administered according to the dosage regimen to sustain the desired drug blood levels or drug effects
maintenance doses
loading dose may be administered as an
injection or oral liquid
subsequent maintenance doses may be administered in other forms
such as tablets or capsules
a larger than usual initial dose may be required to achieve the desired blood drug level
priming or loading dose
the administration of doses that are much smaller or much larger than the usual dose of a drug is referred to as
low-dose or high-dose therapy
administration of doses that are much smaller than the usual dose of a drug
low dose therapy
example of low-dose therapy
use of aspirin in 81 mg rather than the usual dose of 325 mg to lower the risk of a heart attack and clot-related stroke
example of high-dose-therapy
the chemotherapeutic treatment of cancer, in which there is an attempt, through increased dose intensity, to kill tumor cells
administration of doses that are much larger than the usual dose of the drug
high dose therapy
primary drug treatment
Monotherapy
test
check
additional or supportive of a different primary treatment
adjunctive therapy
products containing more than one therapeutic agent
combination products
fabrication of a pharmaceutical product from individual ingredients
Compounding
products containing more than one therapeutic agent are termed
combination products
a variety of prescription and nonprescription products are available containing two or more therapeutic agents in a fixed-dose combination
Fixed-dose combination products
