Pharmacogenetics – Gene Selection and Dosage – How to Get Full Efficiency and Avoid Side Effects
With the development of genetics and the discovery of variations in genes that affect drug metabolism, there has been a new understanding of disease and treatment, as well as a greater need for safe prescribing. Drug side effects are responsible for 5 - 7% of hospitalizations in the US and Europe each year, as well as the withdrawal of 4% of new medicines from the market. According to some estimates, 7% of hospital patients develop severe drug side effects and...
