Episode 211: 211. Pharmacogenomics Testing, PHASER,
Questioning Medicine12 Heinä 2023

Episode 211: 211. Pharmacogenomics Testing, PHASER,


(https://www.healthquality.va.gov/guidelines/MH/mdd/VADoDMDDCPGFinal508.pdf) clearly state there is insufficient evidence to support this activity and testing. This is mainly because of low quality evidence and concern of bias given commercially funded studies.

(https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2023/0100/poems-pharmacogenic-testing-antidepressants.html)

American Psychiatric Association Psychiatry.org - Genetic Testing to Improve Psychiatric Medication Choice

Harvard https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/gene-testing-to-guide-antidepressant-treatment-has-its-time-arrived-2019100917964

First prime


As I mention in my response email PRIME the primary outcomes per clinnicaltrials.gov were depression remission at 24 weeks, which was not statically significant. And then a use of fewer medications that have a potential gene-drug interaction which from what I can find was a ‘theoretical’ interaction not an actual increase in adverse events. Effect of Pharmacogenomic Testing for Drug-Gene Interactions on Medication Selection and Remission of Symptoms in Major Depressive Disorder: The PRIME Care Randomized Clinical Trial | Depressive Disorders | JAMA | JAMA Network




“The PREPARE Study

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5113234/#:~:text=Open%2Dlabel%20placebo%20reduced%20minimum,0.02%25%20in%20the%20TAU%20arm. When patients were told they were getting placebo for back pain and it helped their back pain!


The current VA/DoD guidelines clearly state, “For patients who cannot tolerate a statin, we suggest a washout period followed by a rechallenge with the same or a different statin or lower dose, and if that fails, a trial of intermittent (nondaily) dosing”.

https://www.healthquality.va.gov/guidelines/CD/lipids/VADoDDyslipidemiaCPG5087212020.pdf (full disclosure and bias I helped write them)

N-of-1 Trial of a Statin, Placebo, or No Treatment to Assess Side Effects | NEJM was published in the NEJM and then a few weeks later Statin treatment and muscle symptoms: series of randomised, placebo controlled n-of-1 trials (bmj.com) was published in the BMJ.

Around that same time a publication in JAMA https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2773490 showed that using pharmacogenetic testing resulted in no worse LDL levels (soft endpoint) at one year but also no better


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Episode 399: 407. OMED COPD CME

OMED COPD CME

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Episode 398: 406. Update of Medical Articles

Episode 398: 406. Update of Medical Articles

All of these articles have been talked about on questioning medicine social media on tik tok and instagram but here is an update of my recent reading

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Episode 397: 405. 4 New Medical Articles That Are Deceiving

Episode 397: 405. 4 New Medical Articles That Are Deceiving

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Episode 396: 404. albuterol/budesonide, DOAC in 4 Days, Statins for AAA

Episode 396: 404. albuterol/budesonide, DOAC in 4 Days, Statins for AAA

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Episode 395: 403. COVID Maternal Booster And Cervical Self Swabs

Episode 395: 403. COVID Maternal Booster And Cervical Self Swabs

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Episode 394: 402. Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Zilebesiran, Shared Decision Making

Episode 394: 402. Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Zilebesiran, Shared Decision Making

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Episode 393: 404. 3 quick articles you might want to know about (oral semaglutide, tiktok, and GLP1 thyroid cancer)

Episode 393: 404. 3 quick articles you might want to know about (oral semaglutide, tiktok, and GLP1 thyroid cancer)

GLP1 might cause thyroid cancer in mice but the evidence is drastically lacking in humansOral semaglutide is expensive for an NNT of 50 at 4 yrsTiktok videos of skin care are a scam

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Episode 392: 403. 3 Papers, 1 Podcast - One Guideline Changer

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