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I found this chart on reddit some time ago, I thought to repost it here as well

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[โ€“] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

If y'all have had really bad side-effects look into pharmacogenomic testing, it can help rule out bad medicines before you try them

I had one done a while ago and it marked a ton of medicines that I had already tried, (and had bad effects from) and a bunch I hadn't tried yet. Since then, I've had much fewer bad experiences

notes

  • the one I did had a specific brand name but I don't remember what it was. (It was a while ago) I'm pretty sure this is what it was though

  • you might have to remind your doctor about it when they're prescribing medications, this still isn't very well known afaik

  • this isn't sponsored/paid/other bullshit, this is an actual recommendation (though I felt like one of those 'ask your doctor if !@#$ is right for you' american commercials the entire time writing it)

[โ€“] janus2@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 hours ago

I also had testing for psychiatric medication-gene interaction, and can recommend it as worth it (and am in the US)