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Therapeutic drug monitoring of antiretroviral therapy: current progresses and future directions.

Dario CattaneoCristina Gervasoni
Published in: Expert review of clinical pharmacology (2024)
Available antiretroviral treatments achieve a response rate of 90%-95%, making the routine TDM of antiretroviral drugs of limited clinical value. However, there are still some important applications of TDM in selected clinical conditions, such as assessing patient compliance or suspected drug-drug interactions (DDIs). Indeed, we are increasingly having to deal with polypharmacy and DDIs in the context of an aging patient with comorbidities that may potentially alter the pharmacokinetics of antiretroviral drugs. Finally, the role of pharmacogenetics, which is closely related to TDM, in influencing both the disposition of antiretrovirals and the course of DDIs should also be considered.
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