Testing Lab for Hospitals TX
When you think of laboratory services, it’s hard to think of more than just your basic labs. However, the truth is that labs have become an innovative part of many patients’ treatment plans. It’s more than just a CBC and CMP. At Pharmacogenetic Testing, we can actually run a genetic makeup screening on a patient to see how certain drugs will interact with the patient. We can take it a step further and see how certain drugs will react with other drugs for a specific patient. With new technology and lots of research, Pharmacogenetic Testing is proud to offer a variety of services to hospitals in Texas.
As a population, we sometimes hear words like “pharmacogenetics” or “polypharmacy” and immediately think that these types of things are excessive or dare we say, confusing. However, when you really begin to grasp the concept of pharmacogenetics testing, an entire new realm of possibilities open up. Lives get saved, people lead a better quality of life, and new education on medication is achieved. At Pharmacogenetic Testing., we perform polypharmacy screening and polypharmacy testing/service for those exact reasons. We want to help you help your patients! There are many benefits to polypharmacy testing, especially for the elderly and truly, anyone else on multiple medications.
Older Americans (65 or older) make up nearly 14% of the American population and this number continues to grow. Many in this age group take multiple prescription medications for a chronic condition or disability in addition to many over the counter medicines and herbal supplements. It has become increasingly important to understand how drugs react and interact in an individual’s body to reduce the risk and number of Adverse Drug Events (ADE) in our country. Polypharmacy testing has become a useful and necessary tool for managing this difficult and growing issue and the Bennett Polypharmacy Profile (BPP) was created to successfully identify drug interactions so that health care providers can successfully prescribe appropriate medicines with confidence. Pharmacogenetic Testing administers the BPP to hospitals and clinics in Texas and all over the country.
Statistics highlight trends across our country, both good and bad. When it comes to drug overdoses, the statistics can simply be mind-boggling. It is time to bring these statistics to the forefront and to take the necessary steps to prevent future overdoses from occurring.
If your medical practice, hospital or specialty clinic is looking to partner with a lab to provide accurate pharmacogenomics testing (PGX) or drug gene testing, toxicology testing, and polypharmacy testing, Texas Genetic Labs, LLC can help. Our professional lab technicians can test blood, urine, or saliva samples to provide you with the information that you need to assist your patients and provide them with the best healthcare possible.
