Prescription doesn't seem to be effective, can doctor look at genomics test results and figure out why?

December 16, 2010

• By: Douglas S. McNair, MD, PhD

I received the following email:My doctor put me on metoprolol [Lopressor or Toprol-XL] for my high blood pressure about 3 months ago, and increased my dose to 200 mg twice a day about a month ago, but so far it's not working.  My blood pressure hasn't changed a bit. Is there something in my genomics SNP results here that can explain this?  Should I expect it'll just take awhile?  Should I be on a different drug?  Here are my SNP microarray results. What should I ask my doctor when I go for my check-up in 2 weeks?

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• Category: Personalized Medicine, Genomics
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