The Gut-Brain Connection and Sertraline: How Your Digestive Health May Be Shaping Your Treatment Outcomes
Sertraline is absorbed through the gastrointestinal tract before it ever reaches the brain — which means the health of your gut is not incidental to how well your medication works. Emerging research on the gut-brain axis, microbiome composition, and digestive function is beginning to shed light on why two people taking the same dose of sertraline can have dramatically different experiences. Here is what the science currently supports and what it means for your care.
