Personalized pharmacotherapy of digoxin

Czech version

Authors: Milan Grundmann ¹; Ivana Kacířová ^1,2
Authors‘ workplace: Ústav klinické farmakologie LF OU Ostrava, přednosta doc. MUDr. Milan Grundmann, CSc. ¹; Oddělení klinické farmakologie Ústavu laboratorní diagnostiky FN Ostrava, primářka MUDr. Ivana Kacířová, Ph. D. ²
Published in: Vnitř Lék 2015; 61(5): 406-409
Category: Original Contributions

Overview

Introduction:
Therapeutic and toxic effects of digoxin are related to its serum concentrations, recent evidence suggests that a lower therapeutic range 0.5–0.9 ng/ml is associated with reduced mortality.

Aim:
To show the advantages of therapeutic drug monitoring for dosing of digoxin.

Method:
Trough serum levels of digoxin were estimated by immunoassay MEIA (AxSym Abbott). The long term serum concentration – time profile of digoxin has been predicted by the Bayesian analysis computer program MW-Pharm 3.30 MediWare.

Results:
Sex case reports of the patients between 71 to 92 years are presented to show the different doses to receive digoxin levels in the therapeutic range. The doses varies between 0.03–0.25 mg per day.

Conclusion:
Therapeutic drug monitoring is very usefull for prediction of serum level of digoxin. There is no need to wait for a steady-state condition before performing therapeutic drug monitoring.

Key words:
digoxin – chronic heart failure – personalized pharmacotherapy – therapeutic drug monitoring

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