Pharmacists should jump onto the clinical pharmacogenetics train.

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  • Author(s): Johnson, Julie A.
  • Source:
    American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 12/1/2016, Vol. 73 Issue 23, p2013-2016. 4p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      PHARMACISTS; PHARMACOGENOMICS
    • Abstract:
      The author discusses the role of pharmacists as change agent in moving forward to a pharmacogenetic-based approach to treating diseases. Topics discussed include the genetic basis for individuals' variable response to drugs, and the U.S. government's thrust to invest significant resources to advance the use of genomics to improve the treatment of diseases. Also mentioned are challenges to pharmacists' leadership role in the field of Clinical Pharmacogenetics.