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Pharmacogenomics – striving for safer, more effective drugs for you
Karen Daggett
At Mayo Clinic, pharmacogenomics – how your genes impact the way you process medications – is helping doctors to take the guess work out of selecting safer, more effective treatment for patients. Mayo researchers have been leaders in developing DNA tests and identifying drug-gene interactions that affect a patient’s response to many medications, such as pain relievers, antidepressants and cancer therapies.
Through their innovative work in the RIGHT 10K study, Mayo researchers are pioneering ways to add the DNA test results to a patient’s electronic medical record. The goal is to be proactive, so doctors receive recommendations when choosing a medication that could have a drug-gene interaction. This enables doctors to select the right drug and dose for each patient. For example, based on their genetic characteristics, some patients may need a larger dose of a drug, while others need a smaller dose or should avoid a medication to prevent harmful, life threatening side effects.
Mayo’s leadership role in bringing pharmacogenomics to patients is generating national news attention. See NBC’s coverage about Mayo Clinic’s ground breaking efforts and how that impacted patient Karen Daggett and her family.
Learn more about the impact of pharmacogenomics in patient care
- Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine Pharmacogenomics Program
- The Power of Pharmacogenomics – one physician’s ‘aha moment’
- Test reveals the right drug to help one patient manage panic attacks – finally
- Pharmacogenomics: the Rx for success
- 8 steps to implementing pharmacogenomics into your clinical practice
- This Drug's for You
Register for the 2017 Individualizing Medicine Conference
Join us to hear leading experts in precision medicine at Individualizing Medicine 2017: Advancing Care Through Genomics. The Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine, is hosting the sixth annual genomics conference, October 9–10, in Rochester, Minnesota.
This year’s conference will include many sessions on pharmacogenomics, including:
- Pharmacogenomics: From Sequencing to the Clinic
- Pharmacogenomic Optimization of Smoking Cessation
- Personalized Pain Management
Pharmacogenomics CME courses for clinicians and pharmacists:
- Pharmacogenomics: Practical Approach for the Health Care Team – Oct. 7-8, Rochester, Minnesota
- Drugs and Genes: Pharmacogenomics for the Modern Health Care Team 2017 – Dec. 8-9, Phoenix, Arizona
For more information:
- Register today via the conference website.
- See the schedule.
- Review the list of speakers.
Follow the latest news related to the conference on the Center for Individualized Medicine blog, Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter at @MayoClinicCIM and use hashtag #CIMCon17.
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