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Blood Tests For Antidepressants, Are They Worth It Yet?

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Dr. Diana Walcutt

Dr. Diana Walcutt

Sun, November 16, 2008

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Last Spring, I went to a conference in which blood tests for deciding the "right' medication for mood disorders was discussed. These tests determine how a person metabolizes a certain medication, then the doctor could decide what is best for his patient. They were specifically talking about antidepre...
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Dana
5/ 7/09 5:03pm

The blood test may be risky of an acurate diagnosis however it is a step in the right direction. I am bipolar with an aniexty disorder. A PDoc some many years ago took an image of my brain to decide it had abnormalites, it did not pinpoint I had bipolar just that I had an abonormal brain. I felt better knowing I was tested to come to this conclusion than just a out of the word of mouth method diagnosis. I am glad you went to check this out for future anyalsis of such illness's.

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