Methods of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Including Pharmacogenetics, Volume 7

1. Sample Preparation for the Analysis of Drugs in Biological Fluids
   2. Chromatographic methods for the analysis of drugs in biological fluids
   3. Mass Spectrometry as a tool in therapeutic drug monitoring
   4. Capillary Electrophoresis for the determination of drugs in biological fluids
   5. Immunoassays for the determination of drugs in biological fluids
   6. Validation of bioanalytical methods
   7. Pharmacokinetic methods for the analysis, interpretation and management of TDM data for individualising drug dosage regimens optimally
   8. Dose and therapy individualisation in cancer chemotherapy
   9. Therapeutic drug monitoring of antibacterial therapy
   10. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Antifungals
   11. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Antiviral Drugs
   12. Therapeutic drug monitoring of antiepileptic drugs
   13. Therapeutic drug monitoring of antipsychotic and antidepressant drugs
   14. Monitoring immunosuppressant drugs
   15. Pharmacogenetic and pharmacogenomics methods for genotyping and phenotyping in the context of drug therapy
   16. Applications of genotyping and phenotyping for clinically relevant polymorphisms of drug metabolising enzymes and drug transporters

Methods of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Including Pharmacogenetics, Second Edition, Volume Seven in the Handbook of Analytical Separations series, covers all aspects of drug monitoring, including laboratory work, pharmacokinetic analysis and clinical aspects, thus enabling readers from different fields to understand the whole process of therapeutic drug monitoring and how to avoid common pitfalls. The book contains analytical techniques for the quantification of drugs, along with pharmacogenetic and pharmacogenomic methods. Also included are updates on sample preparation, including dried blood spot technology and microextraction methods. In addition, the book includes new drugs, such as tyrosine kinase inhibitors and the monitoring of immunosuppressant drugs.

• Presents a unique, interdisciplinary approach that appeals to a wide range of users
• Written by authors from international labs, providing a global perspective that can be applied in various regulatory environments
• Features additional therapeutic drugs to reflect the rising number of immunocompromised patients
• Includes a new mass spectroscopic methods chapter to capture the frequent use in TDM and the improved availability of LC-MS across laboratories

Analysts working on drug analysis in clinical chemistry; analytical chemists of all levels of expertise that are outside the TDM field but desire to learn about it; hospital pharmacists involved in therapeutic drug monitoring; physicians and PharmDs that rely on these measurements to guide their decisions; other researchers in the field of drug monitoring