We were particularly impressed by the amount of detailed and useful information that you make available to your visitors . Doctors have long known that people have very different reactions to drugs such as pain-killers, antidepressants, and many blood pressure and asthma medicines. In some cases, these changes mean that people require a slightly different dose of the medication. In other cases, medications that are safe and effective for one person may be deadly for another. As researchers learn more about human genetics, doctors will be able to prescribe medications based on each individual patient's genetics.
Some drugs require processing by the body before they become effective.
When you take a drug, it often requires some processing by proteins in the body in order to do its job. Some proteins in the liver switch the drug from an inactive to an active form. Other proteins help clear the drug from the body. One example of a drug that requires processing by proteins in order to do its job is codeine, which only becomes active when it is modified by proteins in the liver. Mutations in certain genes can impact how you process drugs.