Dr. Philip Muskin on MSN

February 21, 2015
Blurb
Because women have a larger storage of fat than men, any medication that is “fat soluble” (dissolves in fat before going to the brain) will be distributed differently in a woman. This impacts several medications used in psychiatry – including antidepressants, anti-anxiety medications and antipsychotics – because most of them fall into this category, says Philip Muskin, MD, professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City, and chair of the American Psychiatry Association’s scientific program committee.
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