Test Your Knowledge on Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM)

The use of drug concentration measurements in body fluids as an aid to the management of drug therapy for the cure, alleviation or prevention of disease (correct)

The use of drug concentration measurements in body fluids to cure diseases

The use of drug concentration measurements in body fluids to alleviate diseases

The use of drug concentration measurements in body fluids to prevent diseases

When there is a narrow margin between the toxic dose and the therapeutically effective dose

When the drug's action can be easily assessed clinically

When the drug's action cannot be easily assessed clinically

When there is a wide margin between the toxic dose and the therapeutically effective dose (correct)

In the late 1970s

In the mid-1960s

In the early 1980s

In the early 1970s (correct)

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