Opinion|Videos|December 2, 2024

Best Practices for Standardizing Step-Up Dosing

Author(s)Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA
Issam S. Hamadeh, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP

Panelists discuss how specific recommended dosing schedules exist for step-up medication administration, and protocols should incorporate flexibility for individualized dose adjustments based on patient response, tolerability, and clinical factors while maintaining systematic documentation of any deviations from standard escalation timelines.

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What best practices can you share regarding how to standardize step-up dosing for these agents while allowing for cases that may need delayed dosing?

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