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1Behavioral Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Md, USA.
Abstract:
The response to a psychotropic medication reflects characteristics of both the medication and the substrate, ie, the individual receiving the medication. Sex is an individual characteristic that influences all elements of the pharmacokinetic process - absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination. The effects of sex on these components of the pharmacokinetic process often counterbalance one another to yield minimal or varying sexual differences in blood levels achieved. However, sex also appears to influence pharmacodynamics, the tissue response to a given level of medication. Consideration by the practitioner of sex as a possible contributing factor to treatment nonresponse will enhance the efficacy and precision of clinical interventions.
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