Best Genetic Testing for Psychiatric Medications, and How Accurate It Is
Which pharmacogenes have real prescribing evidence, what the GeneSight and PRIME Care trials found, and how to call the alleles yourself.
Tag: psychiatry
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Pharmacogenetic Testing in Psychiatry: What It Measures and How to Get It From Your Own Genome
Psychiatric pharmacogenetics is mostly two genes, CYP2C19 and CYP2D6, plus two HLA alleles. Here is what the evidence supports, how to call those genes from whole-genome data with PharmCAT and Cyrius, and where the commercial panels overreach.
What a DNA Test Can and Cannot Tell You About Antidepressants
Pharmacogenetic testing predicts how fast you metabolize certain antidepressants. How to call the star alleles yourself, and where the calls fail.
There Is No Blood Test That Tells You Which Antidepressant Will Work
What pharmacogenomic panels like GeneSight measure, what the trial data show, how to read CYP2D6 and CYP2C19 from your own genome, and what serum drug levels can and cannot tell you.