Genetic Test for Opioid Addiction

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Dr. Richard Friedman, a professor of clinical psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical School, told The Daily Beast that the company’s claims “cannot be taken seriously by scientists, clinicians, and, most importantly, the public,” until they are peer-reviewed.

“The history of predictive biomarkers is a bit like the search for the Holy Grail,” he told the news site. “They promise a lot, but in the end provide little advantage over what clinicians do in everyday practice: take a careful history of the symptoms and treatment response.”
this will go the same way as genetic testing for CYP-450, ill guess...
 
While we all remain hopeful such a test will prove useful, without peer reviewed literature to support the use of the test, at this time it is simply a means to spread fear and panic in people. However if we expect to curtail the opioid epidemic, it should be set to be positive in 97% of people taking opioids, thereby giving them a reason to stop :)
 
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