CHARBONNEAU – His and hers health – drugs don’t affect sexes the same way

MEDICATIONS affect women differently than men but you wouldn’t know it from prescribed drugs.

Take the sleep drug Ambien, for example.  After the drug had been placed on the market, it was found to have a dramatically different effect on women.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration found that five times as many women were experiencing driving impairment eight hours after taking the drug. As a result, doctors now prescribe “sex-specific” Ambien which is a lower dose.

In Canada the drug is sold under the name Sublinox. But sex-specific prescriptions are the exception rather than the rule.

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David Charbonneau is a retired TRU electronics instructor who hosts a blog at http://www.eyeviewkamloops.wordpress.com.