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Genomics and addiction treatment: The wave of the future
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32878
Subject(s) - addiction , addiction medicine , personalized medicine , precision medicine , medical prescription , alternative medicine , mental health , psychiatry , medicine , psychology , data science , computer science , bioinformatics , pharmacology , biology , pathology
It's no secret that addiction has a genetic component. But researchers have been focusing on ways to actually test people for propensity for addiction, for which medications might work best for them, and more. In the science of “prescription medicine,” the National Institutes of Health is working on what is sometimes called personalized medicine, sometimes called precision medicine and sometimes called personalized precision medicine in the field of addiction. This began in general medicine but has moved to include mental and substance use disorders.