Category: Drug-Gene Testing
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Drug-Gene Testing: Can These Tests Help Determine the Best Medications for Patients?
A drug-gene interaction refers to how someone’s genes affect the way that they will react to a certain medication—will the medication work? Will it produce negative side effects? Many patients respond differently to the same medication. This creates a challenge for both doctors and pharmacists. Pharmacogenetics, also called pharmacogenomics, is the study of how a…