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| | 10/01/05 - 12:36 PM  
 
   
 
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in A pathient on dialysis with xyz renal problem. I know we do not change the loading dose, but what do we do with the maintainence dose... Increase it or decrease it.
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| | 10/01/05 - 01:50 PM  
 
   
 
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OKay I got the answer while going thru the formulas: Maintainence dose=Cp X Cl/F Cp target plasma conc Cl is clearance F is bioavailability. So when there is decrease in clearance then of course the maintanence dose should be less.
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