Did you know that you do not have to be an adult to have pharmacogenetic (PGx) testing? There are health systems across the US, such as St. Jude’s and Boston Children’s Hospital that routinely offer testing in children with complex health issues. “Preemptive” PGx testing can help avoid bad side effects from certain medications and help guide therapy choices.
92% of the children who underwent PGx testing at Boston Children’s had genetic findings that were considered “actionable”. This means that the genetic results could either be used to guide current therapy, or had the potential to guide future therapy. In some cases the children’s results were such that testing should be offered to family members.
Similar to children, and as would be expected, several studies have shown that adults undergoing PGx testing have greater than a 90% chance that the test will yield an actionable result.
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