Sex-Based Differernces in medication for Heart Failure - The Lancet

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I can't access the full paper, as I don't have a paid subscription to The Lancet, but this caught my eye in Vol.394 under the above heading:

"Men and women have noteworthy physiological differences. Beyond the traditionally accepted trends in bodyweight and physical stature, women are documented to have slower gastrointestinal motility, less intestinal enzymatic activity, and slower glomerular filtration rate than men.
'These translate into sex-dependent differences in medication absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion that can affect health outcomes'

Biological sex trumps gender identity. How inconvenient.

I saw something on the BBC I think it was that said this was a myth. But then I don't believe a word of the BBC, I tend to go with expert opinion.

There are 12 references under the passage written in the OP. That, coupled with the BBC not being a source I'd trust anymore makes me think they might be wrong on this one!

Very interesting. Thanks for posting!

I am giving copies of Caroline Criado Perez's Invisible Women to everyone I know. It is absolutely shockingthough not surprisingthe way in which women's different biological needs have been ignored in most medical research to date.

I haven't read that, Grinitch, sounds interesting. I'll see if I can get hold of a copy

Women are not always recognized a having a heart attack and they are more likely to be sent home with less medication than men...

Women More Likely to Survive Heart Attacks If Treated by Female Doctors. And male doctors do better when they have more female colleagues.

From The Atlantic, last year:

www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/08/women-more-likely-to-survive-heart-attacks-if-treated-by-female-doctors/566837/