As the medical community works toward fully embracing precision medicine, pharmacogenetics is anticipated to be the foundation of this important movement in personalized medicine.
As the medical community works toward fully embracing precision medicine, pharmacogenetics is anticipated to be the foundation of this important movement in personalized medicine. Within the past few years, pharmacogenetic testing in community pharmacies has become more mainstream. There are many lab products and payment models from which to choose; therefore, as pharmacists and patient advocates, we must be well informed to help our patients navigate the options to find what is best for them.
Following best practices, once you have an order from a primary care provider (PCP) and the patient’s report is ready, now what? How will you explain decades of pharmacogenetic science and drug metabolism to the patient? Where will you go to find the most up-to-date pharmacogenetic guidelines…