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ArticleJournal of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics2024

Time Scale Calculus: a new approach to multi-dose pharmacokinetic modeling.

José Ricardo Arteaga-Bejarano, Santiago Torres

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Article in Journal of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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2 authors.

José Ricardo Arteaga-BejaranoMathematics Department and Research Group in Mathematical and Computational Biology (BIOMAC), Universidad de los Andes, Cra 1 No 18A - 12, Bogotá, Colombia. jarteaga@uniandes.edu.co.
Santiago Torres *The Pearson Institute, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, 1307 East 60th Street, Chicago, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this paper, we use Time Scale Calculus (TSC) to formulate and solve pharmacokinetic models exploring multiple dose dynamics. TSC is a mathematical framework that allows the modeling of dynamical systems comprising continuous and discrete processes. This characteristic makes TSC particularly suited for multi-dose pharmacokinetic problems, which inherently feature a blend of continuous processes (such as absorption, metabolization, and elimination) and discrete events (drug intake). We use this toolkit to derive analytical expressions for blood concentration trajectories under various multi-dose regimens across several flagship pharmacokinetic models. We demonstrate that this mathematical framework furnishes an alternative and simplified way to model and retrieve analytical solutions for multi-dose dynamics. For instance, it enables the study of blood concentration responses to arbitrary dose regimens and facilitates the characterization of the long-term behavior of the solutions, such as their steady state.

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Models, BiologicalPharmacokineticsDose-Response Relationship, DrugHumansPharmaceutical PreparationsTime FactorsPharmaceutical PreparationsMulti-dosingPharmacokinetic ModelsPhysiologically-based pharmacokinetic modelsTime Scale Calculus

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PMID39060788
PMCPMC11579191

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