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Effects of Sleeve Gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass on Escitalopram Pharmacokinetics: A Cohort Study.

Georgios SchoretsanitisMagnus StrømmenHege-Merete KrabsethArne HellandOlav Spigset
Published in: Therapeutic drug monitoring (2023)
Our findings suggest that bariatric surgery has no systematic effect on the pharmacokinetics of escitalopram. However, because of the substantial interindividual variation, therapeutic drug monitoring can be considered to guide postoperative dose adjustments.
Keyphrases
  • roux en y gastric bypass
  • bariatric surgery
  • weight loss
  • obese patients
  • gastric bypass
  • major depressive disorder
  • patients undergoing