Adverse Drug Reaction Testing for Strattera

Strattera is one of many medications that are processed through pathways in your liver. These pathways vary in their ability to process drugs based on your unique genetic make-up. Strattera it is eliminated primarily by oxidative metabolism through the liver. A fraction of the population is poor metabolizers. These individuals have reduced activity in this pathway resulting in slower elimination. Adverse events were either twice as frequent or statistically significantly more frequent in poor metabolizers.

Genelex offers Prescription Drug Reaction Testing that can measure your genetic ability to process many drugs including Strattera. Your physician can utilize this information to select medications that are least likely to result in an adverse drug reaction. Currently, adverse drug reactions are one of the leading causes of death in our country and one of the major reasons for hospitalization. (Health And DNA)