Challenges and Trends in Geriatric Pharmacotherapy: Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacokinetics, and Personalized Therapeutic Strategies
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 98
Special Issue Editors
2. Pharmacy Directorate, Castilla y León Health Council, 47007 Valladolid, Spain
3. Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Infecciosas (Group CB21/13/00051), Carlos III Institute of Health, 28029 Madrid, Spain
Interests: pharmacology; pharmacoepidemiology; psychotropic drugs; big data analysis; real-world data; substance abuse; pharmacometrics; observational studies; meta-analysis
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Interests: psychoneuropharmacology; psychopharmacology; pharmacoepidemiology; toxicology; substance abuse
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue of Pharmaceutics entitled "Challenges and Trends in Geriatric Pharmacotherapy: Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacokinetics, and Personalized Therapeutic Strategies".
By 2050, approximately 1.5 billion people worldwide will be 65 years old or older, which is three times as many as in 2010. The progressive aging of the population, together with the increase in chronic diseases, is one of the greatest challenges facing pharmacotherapy today. Aging is associated with alterations that affect pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics, requiring the adoption of personalized treatment strategies. Another important issue in the elderly is complex drug regimens, which can lead to overdosing, underdosing, inappropriate drug selection, inadequate monitoring, side effects, and drug–drug interactions. In addition, inadequate pharmacologic treatment is directly related to decreased physical activity, movement disorders, decreased appetite, and depression, leading to increased hospitalization and mortality.
This Special Issue aims to report on the latest developments in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in order to develop personalized treatment strategies for the elderly. This Special Issue welcomes original research articles and reviews. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, pharmacokinetic studies, drug monitoring, drug–drug interactions, dose optimization in the elderly, the impact of aging on pharmacotherapy, and emerging personalized therapeutic strategies.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Eduardo Gutiérrez-Abejón
Prof. Dr. F. Javier Alvarez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pharmacokinetics
- pharmacodynamics
- drug–drug interactions
- drug monitoring
- precision dosing
- therapeutic strategies
- individualized therapy
- personalized medicine
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