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A Collection of Therapeutic, Toxic and Fatal Blood Drug Concentrations in Man

Central Research Establishment, Home Office Forensic Science Service, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PN

A.C. Moffat

Central Research Establishment, Home Office Forensic Science Service, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PN

1 In order to assess the significance of drug concentrations measured in clinical and toxicological investigations, it is essential that good collections of data are readily available. As a guide to interpreting findings, the present work provides a compilation of therapeutic, toxic and fatal blood concentration ranges of 298 drugs of interest to clinical pharmacologists, clinical toxicologists, and forensic toxicologists.

2 Wherever possible, ranges are expressed concisely in terms of the maximum blood concentrations which account for 10, 50 and 90% of the data collected. They provide easy access to the most reliable information which relates the blood drug concentration to the biological response it produces. Where appropriate, the different toxic effects of a drug and/or the different degrees of severity of toxic symptoms associated with different drug levels are clearly defined.

3 The original sources of all data used are provided to allow the analyst to obtain further analytical, pharmacokinetic and toxicological information should this be necessary.

4 Those factors (e.g. age, capacity for drug metabolism, drug interactions, etc) which can modify the relationship between a drug concentration and the response it produces are briefly discussed.

Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 2, No. 3, 437-464 (1983)
DOI: 10.1177/096032718300200301


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