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Pharmacogenomics of Pain Management

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Abstract

Medicine has been continuously challenged, as well as stimulated, by the extraordinary variability in patient response to pharmacotherapy. The new age of identification of risk factors associated with pharmacotherapy using the methods of molecular medicine focuses on generating predictions regarding clinical outcome on the basis of each individual’s unique DNA sequence. This new field has been coined pharmacogenomics. The goal of pharmacogenomics is to use information provided by advances in human genetics to identify patients at risk for significantly altered response during pharmacotherapy. The field of pharmacogenomics represents the major drive behind the introduction of the concept of personalized medicine in which the medical treatment is customized according to the individual patient genomic signature.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationTreatment of Chronic Pain by Medical Approaches the American Academy of Pain Medicine Textbook on Patient Management
PublisherSpringer New York
Pages21-31
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic)9781493918188
ISBN (Print)9781493918171
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2014

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Medicine

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