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v. t. e. In the United States, prescription monitoring programs ( PMPs) or prescription drug monitoring programs ( PDMPs) are state-run programs which collect and distribute data about the prescription and dispensation of federally controlled substances and, depending on state requirements, other potentially abusable prescription drugs.
Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is a branch of clinical chemistry and clinical pharmacology that specializes in the measurement of medication levels in blood. Its main focus is on drugs with a narrow therapeutic range, i.e. drugs that can easily be under- or overdosed. [1] TDM aimed at improving patient care by individually adjusting the dose ...
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy ( PML) is a rare and often fatal viral disease characterized by progressive damage ( -pathy) or inflammation of the white matter ( leuko-) of the brain ( -encephalo-) at multiple locations ( multifocal ). It is caused by the JC virus, which is normally present and kept under control by the immune system.
In the field of pharmacokinetics, the area under the curve ( AUC) is the definite integral of the concentration of a drug in blood plasma as a function of time (this can be done using liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry [1] ). In practice, the drug concentration is measured at certain discrete points in time and the trapezoidal rule is ...
Grant McLaughlin covers state government for the Clarion Ledger. He can be reached at gmclaughlin@gannett.com or 972-571-2335. This article originally appeared on Mississippi Clarion Ledger ...
Drug Court currently has 122 participants with 13 graduating earlier this year, 13 more to graduate during A ceremony Thursday and 32 who graduated in 2023. Participants range in age from 18 to ...
The Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System (OARRS) is Ohio's state Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) and is controlled by the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy. [1] The law permitting the Board of Pharmacy to create the PMP was signed on March 18, 2005, and became effective January 1, 2006. The OARRS program began operation on October 2, 2006.
Medicaid expansion efforts fizzled and died Thursday in Republican-led Mississippi because top lawmakers could not agree on a final proposal to send to the House and Senate. This was the first ...