Aims: Pharmacotherapy in geriatric patients is challenging due to frequent multimorbidity, polypharmacy, increased risk of adverse drug effects, and altered pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics associated with aging. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is a dosing individualisation strategy that helps to minimise toxicity whilst maximising the efficacy of the agent. Routine TDM of vancomycin is recommended in clinical practice in order to optimise drug exposure.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDF1. The underlying microbial metabolic activity toward xenobiotics is among the least explored factors contributing to the inter-individual variability in drug response. 2.
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