Local experts share a new way to test out prescriptions, before you're ever prescribed them (Video) - KCBD.com
It's called pharmacogenetics, and it's a relatively new field. It is the science of finding the prescription that works best for you, based on your own metabolism.
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"You can also get information about drug interactions and so you can see how certain drugs affect your metabolism system," says Dr. Shiraz Yazdani, an assistant professor in the pain management department at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center.
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