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. 2014 Jul 25;18:458. doi: 10.1186/s13054-014-0458-4

Table 5.

Practical indications, listed in order of importance, when therapeutic drug monitoring of voriconazole might be useful

Clinical situation
Suspected treatment failure
Suspected suboptimal dosing - for example, due to interaction with other drugs such as phenytoin, in children or in cerebral infections
Change in the administration of the drug from intravenous to oral routea
Suspected suboptimal absorption
Suspected non-compliance
Suspected neurologic toxicity possibly related to overdosing
Suspected other toxicity possibly related to overdosing

aAs long as the patient is critical, intravenous therapy is preferred in order to avoid problems with absorption.