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JUNE 13, 2018

PGx Screening Cuts Polypharmacy Risk in Elderly

Study adds to growing evidence for preemptive testing

Boston—Elderly patients with cardiovascular comorbidities were at the greatest risk for having a variant of drug-metabolizing enzymes (DMEs) and predicted to gain the most benefit from pharmacogenomics (PGx) risk screening during a study by investigators from University of Utah Health Care (UUHC).

“Polypharmacy is common among elderly patients and carries a high risk of adverse drug events—overdose toxicity and drug treatment failure—as a result of