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Pharmacogenetic Testing in Acute and Chronic Pain: A Preliminary Study
mā: Lorenzo Panella, Laura Volontè, Nicola Poloni, Antonello Caserta, Marta Ielmini, Ivano Caselli, Giulia Lucca, Camilla Callegari
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I whakaputaina: | MDPI AG 2019-05-01 |
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<i>Background and Objectives: </i>Pain is one of the most common symptoms that weighs on life’s quality and health expenditure. In a reality where increasingly personalized therapies are needed, the early use of genetic tests that highlights the individual response to analgesic drugs could be a valuable help in clinical practice. The aim of this preliminary study is to observe if the therapy set to 5 patients suffering of chronic or acute pain is concordant to the Pharmacogenetic test (PGT) results. <i>Materials and Methods: </i>This preliminary study compares the genetic results of pharmacological effectiveness and tolerability analyzed by the genetic test Neurofarmagen Analgesia, with the results obtained in clinical practice of 5 patients suffering from acute and chronic pain. <i>Results:</i> Regarding the genetic results of the 5 samples analyzed, 2 reports were found to be completely comparable with the evidences of the clinical practice, while in 3 reports the profile of tolerability and effectiveness were partially discordant. <i>Conclusion: </i>In light of the data not completely overlapping with results observed in clinical practice, further studies would be appropriate in order to acquire more information on the use of Neurofarmagen<i> </i>in routine clinical settings.