Patent ID: 9727691
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: C12Q,G16B

Claim:
1. A method for treating a human subject with fentanyl following surgery comprising: (a) obtaining from the human subject a nucleic acid sample; (b) detecting the nucleic acids in the nucleic acid sample to determine the genotype of the rs2952768 polymorphism; (c1) administering to the human subject having a C/C genotype at rs2952768 a higher amount of fentanyl, wherein the higher amount of fentanyl is in comparison to predetermined median reference value, or (c2) administering to the human subject having a T/C or T/T genotype at rs2952768 a lower amount of fentanyl, wherein the lower amount of fentanyl is in comparison to predetermined median reference value.