Mimi Stokke Opdal

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Mimi Stokke Opdal er dr.med., spesialist i klinisk farmakologi, førsteamanuensis ved Institutt for klinisk medisin, Universitetet i Oslo og overlege ved Avdeling for farmakologi, Oslo universitetssykehus.

Articles by Mimi Stokke Opdal

Usefulness of measuring the serum concentration of antihypertensive drugs in uncontrolled hypertension

Mimi Stokke Opdal,
Stine Rognstad,
Frode Edvardsen,
Lene Vernås Halvorsen,
Rune Mo,
Ingebjørg Gustavsen,
Anne Cecilie K. Larstorp,
Camilla Lund Søraas*,
Arne Helland*

15.08.2024: One-third of the adult population in Norway has hypertension. Despite receiving lifestyle advice and drug therapy, only half achieve the recommended blood pressure range. Measurements of serum drug concentrations can reveal poor medication adherence and can be used to personalise treatment. The fact...

Useful and necessary about new anticoagulants

Mimi Stokke Opdal,
Per Wiik Johansen

11.10.2016: Increased risk of bleeding is a serious adverse effect – can monitoring of therapy involving the new oral anticoagulants (therapeutic drug monitoring) enhance drug safety? In the Norwegian Prescription Database and other drug statistics (1) we see that an increasing number of patients are treated...