PHARMACOGENETICS TESTING
A major contributor to an individual’s health is the genes they inherited from their parents. Through genomic testing, a variety of information can be determined about a person including how they will metabolize and respond to certain medications. Our services allow providers to personalize their treatments for each patient to improve outcomes and raise the standard of care.
Pharmacogenomics testing identifies specific differences within an individual’s DNA and how those differences affect their response to certain medications. This information allows a provider to determine the best match between a patient and their medications.
Benefits of PGx may include:
- Reduced adverse drug events
- Improves patient adherence to medication
- Prevents trial and error approach to treating patients
- Minimizes side effects by maximizing the drug-dose response relationship
- Simple cheek swab collection is painless and needle-free
- Color coded reports allows for quick visualization of problematic drugs
- Proprietary algorithm identifies potential drug-to-drug interactions
Physicians have been using the “One Size Fits All” “Trial and Error” approaches when treating patients for decades
“Personalized Medicine” Physicians can see their patient’s genetic profile and how they will respond to the medication and other medication reactions before they even prescribed
HOW OUR TESTING PROCESS WORKS
STEP 1
Physician orders
Pharmacogenomics
Tests
STEP 2
Collect saliva specimen
STEP 3
Send to Gravity
Diagnostics Laboratories
STEP 4
Run Pharmacogenomics
test on specimen
STEP 5
Analyze data and
generate report
STEP 6
Physician reviews test
results with patient
