by aporter@parthenonmgmt.com | Aug 22, 2025 | Clinical Pharmacology
Prescribers choose treatment regimens on the basis that the benefits that accrue will outweigh the adverse effects. However, that outcome is never certain for individual patients even if the best evidence suggests that it is likely. The uncertainty arises for many of...
by aporter@parthenonmgmt.com | Aug 22, 2025 | Clinical Pharmacology
Patients make important contributions to rational prescribing decisions. Their beliefs and expectations affect the goals of therapy and help in judging the acceptable benefit/harm balance when selecting treatments. They will often play a key role in monitoring...
by aporter@parthenonmgmt.com | Aug 22, 2025 | Clinical Pharmacology
Prescribers have numerous sources of guidance about how to use drugs appropriately (e.g. dose, route, frequency, duration) for many conditions. However, this advice is based on average dose–response data derived from observations in many individuals. They can never be...
by aporter@parthenonmgmt.com | Aug 22, 2025 | Clinical Pharmacology
Clinical Pharmacology Clinical Pharmacology Introduction to clinical pharmacology Clinical pharmacodynamics Clinical pharmacokinetics Individual variation in drug response Adherence and concordance Therapeutic drug monitoring Adverse drug reactions Drug interactions...
by aporter@parthenonmgmt.com | Aug 22, 2025 | Clinical Pharmacology
Clinical pharmacology encompasses all aspects of the relationship between drugs and humans. For healthcare professionals, clinical pharmacology is important because it is the scientific discipline that underpins the rational prescribing of medicines to alleviate...
by Amanda Brahlek | Aug 15, 2025 | Clinical Pharmacology
Pharmacokinetics can be simply described as the study of ‘what the body does to the drug’ and includes: • the rate and extent to which drugs are absorbed into the body and distributed to the body tissues• the rate and pathways by which drugs are...
