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Warning: Do not suddenly stop taking antidepressants or antipsychotic drugs without being under the supervision of a medical practitioner.  Withdrawal from these drugs can provoke serious “side effects”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

GenesFX Health
Personalise your medication and minimise side effects. Your DNA affects the way your body reacts to medication. GenesFX together with Healthscope offer pharmacogenomic testing leading to a personalised dosage of the correct medication. The  testing for 40% of all drugs used and in particular for the treatment of depression, prevention of blood clots, high blood pressure, chronic pain relief and breast cancer. The specific test is called DNAdose. 
Visit www.genesfx.com for more information.

To get a test;
Step 1. Check the GenesFX website (www.genesfx.com) to see if DNAdose test is recommended for the drug(s) you are interested in.  If there is a green tick then the test is recommended and you can print the webpage out this to take to your doctor.

Step 2.Take this information to your doctor to ask the doctor to order the DNAdose test by requesting the test via any Healthscope Pathology collection centre.

 
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