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As mentioned in prior posts, is Plavix a good candidate for personalized medicine, since it is a blood thinner. Right now with the new warning, it is basically telling you that it might not work for you so with a test perhaps the guess work someday could be eliminated. FDA To look at benefits...
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It sounds like it’s going to take the NIH’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) clinical trial to get someone to pay for the genetic test for dosing warfarin. It begins in April of this year for 1200 participants. We want the testing, it can help save lives and give physicians...
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As posted a couple weeks ago, perhaps Plavix might be next on the list for a personalized medicine review as it is said to metabolize differently in some individuals than others? BD From a prior post: Plavix – What’s the next step for doctors and patients – possible genetic testing in the...
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We want personalized medicine to move forward, but now we are back to the same question, who’s going to pay for the Warfarin Test? As just the opposite is occurring in the UK from a prior post. They want folks to have the test. London has taken a pioneering step into the world of personalized...
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Will Plavix be the next drug up for a genetic test? There are not many alternative drugs either that could easily replace the functionality of Plavix, it is a blood thinner. One idea would be to monitor patients with poor liver or kidney metabolization. as suggested here , a blog written...
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