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Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic changes occur with increasing age. Sex differences in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics exist and persist at older age. The issue for the clinician is how to best treat the older patient with currently available knowledge. This communication highlights age- and sex-related differences in pharmacokinetics that should influence clinical practice and prescribing guidelines to optimize clinical responses. The most compelling data for sex-specific medication dosing guidelines for older patients are related to volume of distribution differences, or size differences, between the sexes and to differences in glomerular filtration rates.
Janice B. Schwartz (2007) studied this question.
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