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Drug titration is a way for clinicians to personalize medication doses so that patients can obtain the intended benefits of the treatment of their disease while minimizing side effects.
Drug titration is the process of adjusting the dose of a medication for the maximum benefit without adverse effects. [1] When a drug has a narrow therapeutic index, titration is especially important, because the range between the dose at which a drug is effective and the dose at which side effects occur is small. [2]
14 Νοε 2019 · In titration, the medication is started at a low dose. Every couple of weeks, the dose is raised (“up-titrated”) until the maximum effective dose (“target dose”) has been achieved or side effects occur. Not everyone can tolerate a full dose. It’s safer to ease your way up.
19 Ιαν 2021 · The scientific principles of drug titration, most commonly used for medications with a narrow therapeutic index, are to give the patient adequate and effective treatment, at the lowest dose possible, with the aim of minimizing unnecessary medication use and side effects.
Response‐guided titration is defined as a titration schema based on an individual patient's therapeutic response. Drugs that are automatically titrated (e.g., at specified timepoints) to achieve a uniform dosage were not considered response‐guided titrated.
Therapeutics Letter 10 examines dose titration and the problems with using product monographs when considering the appropriate introductory doses for medications.
