A patient arrives at the ER complaining of seizures. The patient is taking phenytoin as prescribed which has a therapeutic range of 10-20 ug/mL. You order the SDC and find it is 8 ug/mL at steady state. This is an indication that · ■ A) dose needs to be increased. The dose needs to be individualized. B) The patient is noncompliant.
A patient arrives at the ER complaining of seizures. The patient is taking phenytoin as prescribed which has a therapeutic range of 10-20 ug/mL. You order the SDC and find it is 8 ug/mL at steady state. This is an indication that · ■ A) dose needs to be increased. The dose needs to be individualized. B) The patient is noncompliant.
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Transcribed Image Text:▪ A patient arrives at the ER complaining of seizures. The patient is taking
phenytoin as prescribed which has a therapeutic range of 10-20 ug/mL. You order
the SDC and find it is 8 ug/mL at steady state. This is an indication that
A) dose needs to be increased. The dose needs to be individualized.
▪ B) The patient is noncompliant.
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