Precision medicine customizes drug treatment to an individual's disease and genetics in order to optimize therapeutic benefit and minimize risk. Surprisingly, drug dosing is generally not discussed as a component of precision medicine. Because dosing regimens are an independent factor modulating efficacy and toxicity, consideration should be given to the clinical significance of precision drug dosing (PDD) in patient care. Pharmacists routinely face dilemmas when they are asked for dosing recommendations for patients with characteristics that fall outside of those represented in the drug label (eg, morbid obesity, pregnancy, frailty, neonatal patients, or elderly patients). The necessary data and technology now exist to create and implement PDD software for high priority drug‐disease targets in order to assist pharmacists and prescribers in choosing the safest and most effective dose for every patient. Within 5 to 10 years, we believe this software will be available. This study discusses how pharmacists can participate in leading the implementation of these PDD tools to achieve effective and routine clinical use.
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