Pharmacogenomics is reshaping modern medicine by showing that a patient's genetic profile can predict how well they metabolize certain drugs. Recent findings from the NIH highlight how variants in genes directly influence the effectiveness of antidepressants, pain medications, and cancer therapies. Instead of relying on a one size fits all approach, clinicians can now tailor drug selection and dosing to a patient's genome reducing side effects and improving outcomes.
The CDC reinforces this shift toward personalized care, showing that preemptive genetic testing can prevent ineffective treatments and adverse reactions. As more hospitals adopt genetic panels for routine care, drug therapy is becoming safer, faster, and more precise.
psychologists and therapists have been utilizing a similar approach to this when it comes to mental health medicine too. spit samples may be taken and tested and then from there it can tell you which medicine may work best. for example if someone were diagnosed with bipolar 2 and low iron, it may recommend something like lexapro less than something like abilify. (not a true case just a hypothetical example utilizing real medicine)
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