Title
Serum monitoring of carbamazepine in patients with epilepsy and clinical implications
Date Issued
01 January 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Paredes G.
García G.
Morales A.
Saravia M.
Losno R.
Bendezú M.R.
Sullón-Dextre L.
Sociedad de Farmacología Molecular del Perú
Publisher(s)
Pensoft Publishers
Abstract
Carbamazepine is a drug with a narrow therapeutic range that requires clinical monitoring, since its toxic effects are not easily predictable, and the therapeutic level can vary. Our study aimed to monitor the serum level and determine the concentration/dose relationship of carbamazepine in people with epilepsy, analyzing its clinical implication. It is observed that 90.48% of the study volunteers present serum level values (4.3–10.4 mg/L) within the therapeutic range (4–12 mg/L); 7.14% present supratherapeutic levels (12.7–14.4 mg/L), 2.38% subtherapeutic (0.93 mg/L). The findings indicate a negative correlation (r = -0.616; r2 = 0.379; p = 0.001), between the dose (mg/day) and the dose ratio (mg/L/mg/day); and a positive correlation (r = 0.544; r2 = 0.296; p = 0.002), between the dose (mg/day)-serum concentration (mg/L). ANOVA and Tukey’s test mean difference is significant (p<0.05). It is concluded that there is a positive and significant linear correlation between daily doses and serum carbamazepine concentrations, which should be considered to individualize the dose and optimize clinical results.
Start page
401
End page
406
Volume
69
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Toxicología
Biotecnología agrícola, Biotecnología alimentaria
Farmacología, Farmacia
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85130468907
Source
Pharmacia
ISSN of the container
04280296
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus