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Blood Tests For Antidepressants, Are They Worth It Yet?

Dr. Diana Walcutt

Dr. Diana Walcutt

Sunday, 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...
  1. Step in the right direction
    Dana
    Thursday, May 07, 2009 at 05:03 PM

    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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