The Right Drug for Me: Pharmacogenomic Testing Stories

Inside this volume

Fifty first-person accounts describe pharmacogenomic testing. Writers describe what brought them to it — years of antidepressants that failed or caused intolerable side effects, a child's ADHD medication, a clopidogrel or warfarin decision, chemotherapy dosing, a psychiatrist who suggested it, or curiosity and a direct-to-consumer kit. There is the swab or the blood draw and the wait, and then reading the report: the metaboliser categories, the colour-coded lists, and the gap between what a report suggests and what a prescriber will act on. Writers describe the medication changes that followed and the results honestly — the striking cases where a poor-metaboliser finding explained years of failure, and the many where the doctor had already made the same choice by trial and error. Later chapters cover family implications, clinicians' perspectives on evidence, cost and coverage, and the tests that answered nothing.

Who it's for

For anyone whose medications keep failing, patients considering a pharmacogenomic panel, families of children starting psychiatric medication, and prescribers weighing its value.

Format · Instant download · PDF & EPUB · Fifty first-person accounts

A collection of personal testimony, offered as companion reading — not medical advice.

• 50 single-author testimonies from real people
• A short, plain-language introduction to the topic
• Editor's note, contents page, and curated resource list
• Professional interior typesetting and an original cover

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