Drug-gene testing is also known as pharmacogenetics or pharmacogenomics. All terms characterize the analysis of how your genes affect the human body’s response to drugs. The term “pharmacogenomic” is combined from the terms pharmacology (the study of the effects and uses of medications) and genomics (the analysis of genes and their functions).

Your body has thousands of genes which you inherited from your parents. Genes define which features you have, such as blood type and eye color. Some genes are liable for how your body processes medications. Pharmacogenomic tests examine for modifications or variations in these genes that may ascertain if a medication could be a useful treatment for you or if you might have side effects to a particular medication.… Read the rest