CHIRALITY AND DRUGS USED IN PSYCHIATRY : NICE TO KNOW OR NEED TO KNOW?

1. Many drugs used to treat psychiatric disorders contain a chiral center or a center of unsaturation and are marketed as a mixture of the resultant enantiomers or geometric isomers, respectively. These enantiomers or geometric isomers may differ markedly with regard to their pharmacodynamic and/or pharmacokinetic properties.