Phenobarbital Pharmacokinetics and Optimal Dosing

Pharmacokinetics of caspofungin acetate to guide optimal dosing in cats

Cats are the most common mammal to develop invasive fungal rhinosinusitis caused by cryptic species in Aspergillus section Fumigati that are resistant to azoles but susceptible to caspofungin. In this study nonlinear mixed-effects pharmacokinetic modeling and simulation was used to investigate caspofungin pharmacokinetics and explore dosing regimens in cats using caspofungin minimum effective c...

Evaluation of Amikacin Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics for Optimal Initial Dosing Regimen

Amikacin has been one of the important antimicrobial agents against Gram-negative pathogens. However, there is discrepancy regarding the amikacin initial dosage, with some reports recently recommending ≥25 mg/kg and others the conventional dosage (15-20 mg/kg). Hence, we evaluated the optimal initial dosing regimen of amikacin. Pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters were estimated using a population P...

FK 506 in small bowel transplant recipients: pharmacokinetics and dosing.

Treatment of tuberculosis and optimal dosing schedules.

Intermittent tuberculosis treatment regimens have been developed to facilitate treatment supervision. Their efficacy has been substantiated by clinical trials and tuberculosis control programmes, notwithstanding the lack of head-to-head comparison between daily and intermittent regimens. Recently, there has been opposing evidence from observational studies, pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic studi...

Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Pazopanib: Towards Optimized Dosing

Pazopanib is an inhibitor of the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor, platelet-derived growth factor receptor, fibroblast growth factor receptor and stem cell receptor c-Kit, and has been approved for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma and soft tissue sarcoma. The pharmacokinetics of pazopanib are complex and are characterized by pH-dependent solubility, large interpatient variabilit...