Data Analysis & Applications
PharMerica consultant pharmacists incorporate the DNA test results into their evaluation of all available clinical evidence to establish whether the genetic information can be used in determining therapeutic treatment, one of many patient aspects that are considered during the medication regimen review.
CASE IN POINT: A resident who had been on metoprolol for a while was hospitalized three times for falls because he would get dizzy and lose his balance. After testing revealed he was a poor metabolizer, meaning the metoprolol was not clearing his system in a timely manner, he was prescribed a different atrial fibrillation regimen. He has not fallen since.