Advanced Drug Prescription Drug Testing Lab
These days it’s hard to find a patient that isn’t on some type of prescription medication. A survey recently discovered that almost 70% of all Americans are on at least one prescription drug. Of that 70%, more than half of them take at least two. If 70% of Americans are taking a prescription medicine, that can mean that statistically 7 out of every 10 residents in Amarillo, TX are on a prescription medication. With stats like these, it’s important to have the resource for advanced drug prescription testing. At Pharmacogenetic Testing, we are a drug testing lab that specializes in advanced drug prescription drug tests.
A woman comes into the emergency department with abdominal pain. After doing an assessment, you order some basic labs, a urinalysis, and a urine pregnancy test. While the box on the pregnancy test and all of the training specifically says, “put three drops in it, wait three minutes and look for a line,” the tech doing the test puts numerous drops in and then leaves it on the desk and forgets about it for 30 minutes. What do they see when they walk by? A weirdly shaped and faint pink line? All of a sudden you are telling this patient that they are pregnant and ordering more labs and an ultrasound. At this point, the patient has told all of her family that she is pregnant and they are trying to determine who the is the father. Low and behold her blood work comes back, as well as her ultrasound and guess what? The patient is not pregnant. This was a classic case of user error and this error cost both the hospital and the patient lots of time and money. This is why quality laboratory testing services are important and should be left to the professionals at Pharmacogenetic Testing.
Pharmacogenetics, also called drug gene testing, gives doctors and other healthcare providers important information about their patient’s genetic makeup so that they can provide them with the best possible care. This gives physicians the ability to predict whether a patient will have an adverse reaction to a specific medicine that they want to prescribe – before the patient tries the medicines and experiences a reaction. Texas Genetic Testing LLC specializes in state of the art and fast pharmacogenetics testing for hospitals and clinics in Texas as well as around the country.
Genetic testing is defined as a medical test that analyzes and identifies changes or differences in a person’s chromosomes, genes or proteins. Genetic testing is often used to identify or rule out the presence of a genetic condition or determine the chances of passing on a genetic disorder to your children.
