DNA tests help Denver man, his pharmacist choose best medication

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

https://kdvr.com/2018/12/11/dna-tests-help-denver-man-doctors-choose-best-medication/ DENVER — This holiday season, many people are buying genetic testing kits as gifts. But there is a kind of DNA test that tells you how you may respond to different medications and how they are metabolized. There are many different companies offering this kind of pharmacogenomic tests. Most require a medical provider to […]

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The overdose problem – and a rise in suicides, another byproduct of the drug epidemic — is so pervasive it’s being blamed for a drop in U.S. life expectancy

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com https://www.foxnews.com/health/undoing-the-harm-of-the-response-to-the-opioid-overdose-epidemic-health-experts-suggest-solutions This is the third of a three-part series on the nation’s struggle to address its crippling opioid crisis, and the unintended victims left in its wake. Read Part 2 here: Doctors caught between struggling opioid patients and crackdown on prescriptions Many Americans today will attend several funerals before they […]

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