Genetic Testing for Depression Drugs

Peter Forster Costs of Treatment, Major Depression, Testing, Treatments of Depression

Genetic testing for depression drugs is a new approach to selecting medications that may have value, especially in patients with treatment resistant depression. We have been using the Genecept Assay for patients with treatment resistant depression and have found that the results improve our ability to choose effective treatments. Patients who have failed multiple adequate trials of medications are much less likely to …