[SCIENCE MONDAY] - Life stage, hormones, and lifestyle shape drug pharmacokinetics in adult women, calling for better dosing and reduced sex-based care disparities

This review highlights how life stage, hormonal status, and lifestyle significantly influence drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination in adult women. Addressing these differences—across the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, lactation, menopause, and hormone use—is essential to improve dosing, reduce disparities, and advance personalized pharmacotherapy.

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