Which groups of people are especially sensitive to medication effects? (Select all that apply.)
A) Older adults
B) Caucasians
C) Infants
D) Minorities
E) Women

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Older adults and infants are the two groups most sensitive to drugs because of differences in organs that absorb,metabolize,and excrete drugs. In the older adult,organ degeneration accounts for these differences,whereas in infants the differences are related to organ immaturity. Racial and gender differences tend to be related to genetic differences and not race and gender per se. These groups are more sensitive to drug effects in some cases and less sensitive in other cases.

Which Groups of People Are Especially Sensitive to Medication Effects