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Week 3 Chapter 5 Discussion Question 5

Week 3 Chapter 5 Discussion Question 5

Q Week 3 - Discussion Question # 5 - Chapter 5 You must post threads in which you respond to each question twice. Your initial response of a paragraph and you will also be replying to another student’s thread of at least one paragraph. One important note about the Discussion Questions: I expect everyone to provide at least a one paragraph thoughtful, well-articulated responses to each of the questions. Do not post an answer to something simply by reading someone’s post and saying “Yes, I agree". Your responses must be original and at least one paragraph in length. • How might Biological, Behavioral, Social, and Environmental factors interact to influence the effects drugs have on an individual?

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Pharmacokinetics based on ethnic and cultural diversity suggests that individual variances probably account for the majority of variations in how people respond to a given dosage of medicine (Maisto et al., 2014). To understand how drugs affect people, it may be helpful to consider a variety of biological aspects. It is believed that hereditary factors determine differences in sensitivity. On average, a woman will experience the effects of a prescribed dose of medicine more strongly than a man.