Polypharmacy Screening Tools
As a population, we sometimes hear words like “pharmacogenetics” or “polypharmacy” and immediately think that these types of things are excessive or dare we say, confusing. However, when you really begin to grasp the concept of pharmacogenetics testing, an entire new realm of possibilities open up. Lives get saved, people lead a better quality of life, and new education on medication is achieved. At Pharmacogenetic Testing., we perform polypharmacy screening and polypharmacy testing/service for those exact reasons. We want to help you help your patients! There are many benefits to polypharmacy testing, especially for the elderly and truly, anyone else on multiple medications.
Older Americans (65 or older) make up nearly 14% of the American population and this number continues to grow. Many in this age group take multiple prescription medications for a chronic condition or disability in addition to many over the counter medicines and herbal supplements. It has become increasingly important to understand how drugs react and interact in an individual’s body to reduce the risk and number of Adverse Drug Events (ADE) in our country. Polypharmacy testing has become a useful and necessary tool for managing this difficult and growing issue and the Bennett Polypharmacy Profile (BPP) was created to successfully identify drug interactions so that health care providers can successfully prescribe appropriate medicines with confidence. Pharmacogenetic Testing administers the BPP to hospitals and clinics in Texas and all over the country.
