Consensus guidelines for therapeutic drug monitoring in neuropsychopharmacology: update 2017

C Hiemke, N Bergemann, HW Clement… - …, 2018 - thieme-connect.com
Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is the quantification and interpretation of drug
concentrations in blood to optimize pharmacotherapy. It considers the interindividual …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmacogenomics: A road ahead for precision medicine in psychiatry

AF Pardiñas, MJ Owen, JTR Walters - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Psychiatric genomics is providing insights into the nature of psychiatric conditions that in
time should identify new drug targets and improve patient care. Less attention has been paid …

Assessing drug-drug interactions through therapeutic drug monitoring when administering oral second-generation antipsychotics

E Spina, C Hiemke, J de Leon - Expert opinion on drug metabolism …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction: Second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) are frequently co-
prescribed with drug metabolic inducers and inhibitors. SGA pharmacokinetic drug-drug …

Inflammation and psychotropic drugs: the relationship between C-reactive protein and antipsychotic drug levels

G Hefner, MEE Shams, S Unterecker, T Falter… - …, 2016 - Springer
Rationale In psychiatric clinical practice, there is a need to identify psychotropic drugs
whose metabolisms are prone to be altered with increased inflammatory activity in an …

Therapeutic drug monitoring of second-and third-generation antipsychotic drugs—influence of smoking behavior and inflammation on pharmacokinetics

N Moschny, G Hefner, R Grohmann, G Eckermann… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Both inflammation and smoking can influence a drug's pharmacokinetic properties, ie, its
liberation, absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination. Depending on, eg …

Is therapeutic drug monitoring relevant for antidepressant drug therapy? Implications from a systematic review and meta-analysis with focus on moderating factors

CSM Funk, XM Hart, G Gründer, C Hiemke… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Inter-individual differences in antidepressant drug concentrations attained in blood may limit
the efficacy of pharmacological treatment of depressive disorders. Therapeutic drug …

Pharmacodynamic Drug–Drug interactions of QT-prolonging drugs in hospitalized psychiatric patients

G Hefner, M Hahn, C Hiemke, S Toto, J Wolff… - Journal of Neural …, 2021 - Springer
At least 170 approved drugs are linked to QT prolongation, which can lead to serious
adverse drug reactions (ADRs), such as Torsade de Pointes (TdP). The aim of this study was …

Medication adherence, medical record accuracy, and medication exposure in real-world patients using comprehensive medication monitoring

TP Ryan, RD Morrison, JJ Sutherland, SB Milne… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Poor adherence to medication regimens and medical record inconsistencies
result in incomplete knowledge of medication therapy in polypharmacy patients. By …

Current use of anticholinergic medications in a large naturalistic sample of psychiatric patients

S Toto, G Hefner, M Hahn, C Hiemke, SC Roll… - Journal of Neural …, 2021 - Springer
Due to the high number of psychotropic drugs with anticholinergic potential, patients taking
psychotropic drugs are at high risk for anticholinergic adverse drug reactions (ADRs). The …

QTc time correlates with amitriptyline and venlafaxine serum levels in elderly psychiatric inpatients

G Hefner, M Hahn, M Hohner, SC Roll… - …, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
Introduction Many antidepressants cause QT prolongation but the classification of cardiac
risk of these drugs varies markedly in different published lists. This retrospective study …