Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Still Waiting for Personalized Medicine
Pharmacogenomics promises to let doctors choose drugs and dosages based on tests of your genetic profile. But just try taking a test.
By Emily Singer
Nausea, fatigue, dizziness, dry mouth, insomnia. For people like me, who seem susceptible to every side effect possible, the tiny type on ads for new drugs is required reading. NyQuil puts me into a half-conscious delirium. Codeine makes me throw up. And back in college, when my doctor prescribed Wellbutrin to help me quit smoking, I experienced blurred vision and the worst headaches of my life.
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