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The NFCR co-authored this press release to help raise awareness if tamoxifen DNA testing
(SEATTLE) – Five hundred thousand women in the U.S. are taking tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer recurrence. Almost half of them have a gene variation that reduces the effectiveness of the drug. For … more →
A Forum for Improving Drug Safety
The NFCR co-authored this press release to help raise awareness if tamoxifen DNA testing
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DNADiva wrote 1 month ago: (SEATTLE) – Five hundred thousand women in the U.S. are taking tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer re … more →
It's Time for Tamoxifen CYP2D6 Testing to Become the Standard of Care
DNADiva wrote 2 months ago: JAMA released more research today that further confirms the importance of CYP2D6 testing to determin … more →
New study suggests better ROI for pretreatment CYP2D6 screening
DNADiva wrote 6 months ago: Pharmacogenomics J. 2009 May 19. Intermediate metabolizer: increased side effects in psychoactive dr … more →
Conflicting evidence on Tamoxifen and anti-depressants
JBBC wrote 6 months ago: Women who take anti-depressants, while on tamoxifen, may or may not be at risk of recurrence. Accord … more →
CYP2D6
filzahazny wrote 9 months ago: CYP2D6 adalah Sitokrom CYP2D6, anggota dari sitokrom P450, adalah salah satu dari enzim-enzim paling … more →
Mayo study further confirms the importance of CYP2D6 for tamoxifen effectiveness building the case for genotyping and medication management
DNADiva wrote 1 year ago: Mayo gave a presentation yesterday at the 31st annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium that furth … more →
Desipramine / Bupropion Clinical Drug-Drug Interaction
DNADiva wrote 1 year ago: COMMENT: The fact that desipramine levels were doubled with the addition of bupropion was a surprisi … more →
Proving the usefulness of pharmacogenetics
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sciphu wrote 1 year ago: Pharmacogenetics is the analysis of genetic markers that informs you of how efficiently you metaboli … more →
Back on my feet
pamseattle wrote 1 year ago: It is nice to get back amongst the living. Starting to feel like my old self at work, meaning, the b … more →
Back to Work
pamseattle wrote 1 year ago: I finished up Radiation over the Christmas holiday and have since returned to work. I was fortunate … more →
A Simple DNA Test Helps Physicians Tailor Breast Cancer Treatment- So Why is it Underutilized?
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DNADiva wrote 2 years ago: If you go to PubMed and enter in Tamoxifen and 2D6, the research speaks clearly. A good synopisis fr … more →
Drugs not to take with tamoxifen: CYP2D6 inhibitors
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Amya wrote 2 years ago: For quick reference, here is my lay understanding of the list of drugs not to take with tamoxifen, t … more →
Three months post-chemo & all's right in the world
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Amya wrote 2 years ago: Just got back from my 3-month medical oncology checkup. My onc. was surprisingly accepting of the fa … more →
tamoxifen holiday
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Amya wrote 2 years ago: I actually feel quite insane given what I rationally know to be helpful about tamoxifen (it increase … more →
Wellbutrin & tamoxifen DON'T mix, revisited
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Amya wrote 2 years ago: I first started taking wellbutrin in mid-2006, because I had overwhelming fatigue. Go figure, I had … more →
Metabolizing tamoxifen
Amya wrote 2 years ago: What an interesting time we live in. Turns out that there are specific genes that affect enzymes tha … more →
