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The clinical implications of pharmacogenetics are vast and many more are becoming apparent as research continues. Health-care providers will increasingly need to take pharmacogenetics into consideration when prescribing medications. Each patient’s history, physical condition, gender, and ethnicity must be considered when prescribing drugs. Specific genotypic testing of patients for polymorphisms that influence drug metabolism and action will become a clinical reality. Silicone chip technology utilizing single-nucleotide polymorphisms will be able to provide a practitioner with reliable and timely information in an office setting to guide practice. Genetics and pharmacology are no longer separate sciences.
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Edkins, R.E., Cheek, D.J. (2006). Pharmacogenetics. In: Runge, M.S., Patterson, C. (eds) Principles of Molecular Medicine. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-963-9_5
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