DNA Drug Sensitivity Testing™

Approximately half of all Americans have genetic defects that affect how they process prescription drugs.

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Breast Cancer 2D6 Tamoxifen Test

Tamoxifen DNA testing combined with careful medication management is predicted to help reduce tamoxifen failure rates from over 35% to less than 10%.

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Drugs and Aging

Older people especially are at high risk of having an adverse drug reaction, primarily because they are likely to have many health problems for which they are taking several prescription and over-the-counter drugs.

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Frequently Asked Questions

• How are drugs processed by the body?
• Will DNA Drug Sensitivity Testing™™, be covered by my medical insurance?
• What is pharmacogenetics?
• What are adverse drug reactions?

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Genelex Personalized Medication Management

• Prevent adverse side effects and treatment failures, surprisingly common occurrences in today’s healthcare system .

• Personalize your medical care with DNA Drug Sensitivity Testing™.

• Provide you and your care givers with a portable, permanent record of your medication status.

Now patientss can help manage their medications to optimize the results by ordering the GeneMedRx software to produce drug and gene interaction reports for their doctors. GeneMedRx keeps track of everything you’re taking. A subscription to GeneMedRx is only $23.95 per year and does not require DNA testing to be useful to help you improve the management of your healthcare.

DNA Drug Sensitivity Testing™ discovers one of the key factors in the different responses individual people have to the important and powerful prescription drugs they take. In addition to curing disease, many medicines can have bad side effects or don’t work for some people. They may also interact with other drugs a person is taking, including over-the-counter medicines and/or herbal preparations. The FDA describes the resulting deaths and hospitalizations as a “major public health problem, and the risks go up the more medicines, doctors, and pharmacists you use.

People taking multiple medications in many drug classes such as antidepressants and other mood alterers, pain, heart and antidiabetic medicines and specific medicines such as warfarin (Coumadin), tamoxifen (Nolvadex) will find DNA testing especially useful. All together approximately one-half of the most commonly described medicines are susceptible to being affected by an individuals DNA and one-half have inherited alterations to their DNA that can dramatically alter how rapidly they process these medicines.

Click here to view a list of drugs for which DNA testing may be helpful.

The Testing Process

The process is simple. You can order testing directly if you have a physician prescription or your healthcare provider can request testing for you. We send a cheek swab collection kit with directions by mail. Samples are submitted using the enclosed return mailer and results are provided in ten days or less. Faster testing is available for an additional charge. Call a DNA testing consultant at (800) 523-3080 for details and to order, or request information to you or to your healthcare provider on your behalf, simply complete the request form.

References

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/508543_2

Oesterheld, Jessica, M.D. GeneMedRx Drug Metabolism Tables

Cozza KL, Armstrong SC, Oesterheld JR (2003) Drug Interaction principles for Medical Practice. American Psychiatric Publishing Inc

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/279/15/1200

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/431686

Phillips KA, Veenstra DL, Oren E, Lee JK, Sadee W: Potential role of pharmacogenomics in reducing adverse drug reactions: a systematic review. JAMA 286 (18): 2270–9, (2001)

Note: Testing requires a prescription from a physician.