New Genetics Test Can Help Avoid Adverse Drug Reactions
- by JAMES E. CASTO For the State Journal
Fruth Pharmacy is now offering Rxight, a new testing program that uses a person’s genetic profile to help identify the medications that will work best for him or her, while avoiding possible adverse drug reactions
Rxight, pronounced “right,” is a copyrighted, comprehensive pharmacogenetic program that covers more than 200 prescriptions and over-the-counter medications. Developed by MD Labs, the program will help determine if the medications people take and the dosage levels are right for them based on their DNA.
“Until recently, drugs have been prescribed hoping that each drug works pretty much the same in everybody, but knowing they don’t,” said Lynne Fruth, president of Fruth Pharmacy. “Pharmacogenetics information challenges this one-size-fits-all approach and opens the door to more personalized approaches to prescribing and using medication.”
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