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Originally Posted by Michanne
There is criticism (as there should be for checks and balances  ).
I didn't completely understand the tests until I got a chance to to see the result example and read more. How many patients are going to leap to the conclusion that the tells you what you "should be taking" as opposed to what your body can tolerate. They don't. I bet even some professionals are going to leap to that conclusion.
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The more I read about it the more confident I am that they are useful. I believe how you metabolize a drug besides just telling you how you will tolerate it ie. side effects, may also have a great deal to do with effectiveness. Of course it does seem it is much easier to tell the side effects than it is the effectiveness from these tests. Maybe you don't produce the intended active metabolite at all but some other. Maybe the other makes you more depressed because it is not the one that would make you less depressed. It is a step in the right direction though.
I do agree that pdocs use the placebo effect to their advantage as much as they can. I do not know if that is unethical though since it can be so powerful for some people. 1 in 3 I have read.
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