Let Your DNA Guide You to the Right Medication
When it comes to finding the right medication for you, the process is not one-size-fits-all.
Our genes make us unique, which means that our responses to medication vary as well. Almost 99.9% of people have gene variants impacting their medication response.
InvestMed’s blood genetic testing gives a comprehensive list of which medications will work best for you, as well as which ones are likely to not work or cause side effects, allowing you and your healthcare team to manage your health condition(s) as effectively and safely as possible.
9 in 10 Canadians have at least one risk factor for heart disease or stroke.
Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada, 2023
- Test : Genetic Testing
- Early Detection Of : Pain, Infectious Diseases, Heart Disease, Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Blood Genetic Testing
Blood genetic testing reveals which gene variants you have, and how they impact your response to medications.
Finding the Right Medication For You
InvestMed’s blood genetic testing provides you with a personalized insights report that offers guidance on which drugs are likely to work best for you, and which you should avoid (based on increased risk of side effects or drug interactions). It provides insights for pain, mental health, and other therapeutic areas such as cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, and more.
The report places over 225 medications into 4 categories, based on your genetic profile:
Do Not Use
Use With Caution
Use As Directed
Use As Directed Preferred
If a gene-drug interaction has been identified that could impact your response to a specific medication, you will see a personalized drug recommendation.
This will include your predicted response to the medication, dose recommendations and the possible risk of side effects such as hives, nausea, or weight gain.
Benefits of Blood Genetic Testing
With blood genetic testing, the goal is to match the right drug to the right patient to achieve the greatest benefit with minimal side effects.
Prevent Harmful Side Effects
Save Time and Money
Make Safer Decisions
Don’t become a statistic.
Invest now in your future health and be fit for the long term.
How Blood Genetic Testing Works
Whether you have been managing a mental health condition for 10 years, trialling a dozen different antidepressants, or just dealing with post-surgery pain, knowing what medication is likely to work best for your body, with the least side effects, can make a world of difference.
With InvestMed’s blood genetic testing, you can get all the information you need from the comfort of your own home.
Why Get Blood Genetic Testing
Better Responses to Medication
Identify Safer Treatment Options
Fewer Hospitalizations
Packages
InvestMed offers thorough health packages designed to meet the individual needs of our patients.
You can choose between a risk-specific package or a comprehensive package to analyze your health and wellbeing. Each package includes a comprehensive 1 hour physical exam and 1 hour review of results with recommendations to achieve optimal health.
Package costs will vary based on individual diagnostic test recommendations. Financing options are available.
Risk-Specific Screening Packages
Cancer Screening Package
Mitigate your cancer risk with preventive screening.
Package starting at $3,999*
- MRI
- DNA testing – 84 genes for cancer
- Mole mapping
- Advanced blood work
- CT scan
- Virtual colonoscopy
Proactive testing can detect changes in your body that could become cancer.
*Package cost will vary based on individual diagnostic test recommendations. Financing options are available.
Stroke Screening Package
Knowing your risk for stroke can save your life.
$5,999*
- MRA – Magnetic resonance angiography
- DNA testing – 83 genes for heart conditions
- Advanced blood work
- Carotid doppler ultrasound
- Echocardiogram
Detect your risk of stroke early, even before symptoms present themselves.
*Package cost will vary based on individual diagnostic test recommendations. Financing options are available.
Heart Disease Screening Package
Early screenings are essential for heart disease prevention.
Package starting at $3,999*
- Coronary calcium score
- DNA testing – 83 genes for heart conditions
- Advanced blood work
- Exercise stress test
- Echocardiogram
- CT coronary angiography
Screening for cardiovascular risk factors before you develop heart disease, can help you prevent it.
*Package cost will vary based on individual diagnostic test recommendations. Financing options are available.
Comprehensive Screening Packages
Comprehensive Screening Package
Get the right screening tests at the right time.
Packages from $5,999 - $11,999*
- Whole body MRI
- Coronary calcium score
- DEXA scans
- Microbiome gut testing
- Genetic testing+
- Heart health workup
- Cancer risk review
- Mole mapping
- Screen for all material risks
Prevention is key to longevity, whether or not you are presenting symptoms or risk factors.
*Package cost will vary based on individual diagnostic test recommendations. Financing options are available.
Corporate Services
Please contact us for a custom corporate package. Specialized corporate rates available.
- Comprehensive, proactive health plans
- Customized screening tests
- Extensive medical risk assessments
- Preventive approach to healthcare
Proactively manage executive wellness.
FAQ
Which diseases/conditions does the test cover?
The personalized insights report doesn’t provide disease risk information, but rather describes your unique predicted response to medications commonly used to treat a variety of pain and mental health conditions, and other conditions (eg. cardiology, oncology, gastroenterology, etc.).
Depending on which test you order, you may get a report on your predicted response to over 220 medications. The results are specific to individual medications (not health conditions), so the recommendations apply regardless of what type of pain, mental health, or other health conditions the drug is being used to treat.
Who is suitable for genetic testing?
Our tests are designed for anyone who is interested in understanding which drugs are likely to work best to treat their pain or mental health condition. They are also useful for people interested in knowing whether cannabis may be a good treatment option for them (please note, the evidence for cannabis recommendations are currently preliminary).
Even for those who currently do not take any medication, pharmacogenetics testing may be helpful as a proactive measure by finding out which medications would work best for you based on your genetics.
My medication is missing. Why is it not there?
InvestMed’s genetic test is the most comprehensive pharmacogenetic test available for pain, mental health, as well as some other health conditions (eg. cardiology, oncology, gastroenterology, etc.), and includes more medications for these conditions than any other commercially available test.
If a medication you are interested in is NOT included on our list of drugs tested, it is because no genetic variants have been currently identified that are ready for clinical use.
Where do the recommendations in the report come from?
The recommendations in our report are taken directly from published pharmacogenetic recommendations (publicly available) from several well-recognized, government-funded governing bodies that have been established over the past two decades in the USA, Europe, and Asia.
Research over the last three decades has generated an overwhelming amount of evidence that genetic variation plays a major role in how individuals respond to different drugs. These include the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium (CPIC), the Pharmacogenomics Knowledge Base (PharmGKB), EMA (European Medicines Agency), Health Canada, and the Dutch Pharmacogenetics Working Group (DPWG).
If you are interested in learning more about these recommendations, your report will have direct links to our sources where you can learn more about the validated science.
I don’t have any “red” medications, what does this mean?
Red medications reflect strong genetic interactions that suggest that the medication may not be suitable or safe for you. The red color is associated with a recommendation to avoid that medication.
If no medications are listed as ‘red’ on your report, it is because no genetic variants have been identified in your cheek swab sample that suggest that you should avoid any of the medications that we report on. However, you may still have variations that could impact your individual responses to these medications, and these would be listed in yellow.
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