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Pharmecogenomics Testing
Learn how well medications perform in your body
Pharmacogenomics Testing Helps You Better Understand:
How well medications perform in your body for their intended use can depend on your genetic makeup. Most medications are metabolized by various enzymes in our body. Active medications can be made inactive by certain enzymes so what works for one person may not work for another. Many medications bind to proteins and individual responses to a drug may also be related to variabilities in the protein target.
Hermes Health Sciences’ Pharmacogenomics testing allows you and your physician
to better understand how your body processes or reacts to medications at your
personal genetic level. Learn how to safely use or avoid medications based upon
your genetic make-up.
What Is Phamacogenomics Anyway?
Simply put, it is the branch of genetics concerned with the way in which an individual’s genetic attributes affect the likely response to therapeutic drugs. Put another way, it is the study of how genes affect a person’s response to medications/drugs.
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What Is It Important To Know This information Anyway?
Knowing this information means you and your doctor to better understand how your body… YOUR BODY… processes or reacts to medication at your personal genetic level. This is deeper knowledge than relying upon studies. From this knowledge your physician can better know how to safely use OR AVOID medications based upon your genetic make-up.
Pharmecogenomic (PGx) Testing Benefits
• How your body processes or reacts to medications
• The appropriate dosage(s) specifically for your body
• How to eliminate medication trial and error or guesswork
• How to gauge drug resistant tendencies in your body
• How to use of medication based upon your genetics
