How do you decide which commercially available pharmacogenetic test to use for your patients?
Are there specific testing companies you prefer? How do you weigh the differences between options such as GeneSight and Genomind? In what situations would you choose one over the other, or consider an alternative company?
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In which situations do you use pharmacogenetic testing in adult patients with mood disorders?
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Psychiatry · Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
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I try to avoid the use of these types of tests because my experience is that they overpromise what is possible for them to deliver to the patient/consumer.
It may be the case that if you have decided an SSRI would be the best treatment, then perhaps these tests can tell you which SSRI might be metab...
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Psychiatry · South Broward Hospital District
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Depends on what you're looking for - if you're looking for the MTHFR gene mutation where Deplin can be used or something else as in an HLA one for lamotrigine. Each company tests for different things - it's not always about CYP, there's other things that need to be taken into account such as UGT, p-...
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