Volume 27, issue 3-4
Review article
Application of monitoring techniques into pharmacotherapy of depression Part I: Assessment of clinical state and pharmaco – EEG
Maria Radziwon-Zaleska1, Halina Matsumoto1, Michał Skalski1, Agata Biernacka-Bazyluk1
1. Katedra i Klinika Psychiatryczna Warszawskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego
Farmakoterapia w Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 2011, 3-4, 121-127
Keywords: therapeutic drug monitoring, clinical state, pharmaco – EEG
Abstract
In this paper, comprising two parts, authors present some techniques which are contemporarily used for monitoring the process of pharmacotherapy of depression.
The application of monitoring techniques such as: precise clinical efficacy assessment, determination of drug concentration in blood (TDM) and evaluation of pharmaco – EEG studies, enables the optimization of antidepressive treatment in case of an individual patient.
Address for correspondence:Maria Radziwoń-Zaleska
Katedra Psychiatryczna WUM
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Tel. 22 825 12 36
E-mail:
maria.radziwon@wum.edu.pl