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Gabapentin side effects?

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@wsh66

Thsnk you for your kind words. Any kind of doctor can order Genesight testing and go over the results with you. They must call the company, Genesight, and take about 15 minutes to become registered but it doesn't cost them anything to do so. You can also go to their website and put in your zip code and they will give you a list of doctors in your area who are already registered to order the test and inform you of the results. That was what I had to do. It's really very simple and the average person could make sense of the report even without the help of a doctor but I wouldn't recommend it. It doesn't replace the input of the doctor it just tells them if you are going to be able to metabolize a particular drug and at what rate you will metabolize it. If you can't digest the drug it can't do you any good. If you digested too quickly you may need smaller doses more frequently. If you digest it too slowly it could lead to overdoses. Say You're supposed to take it every 4 hours but it takes you 7 hours or 8 hours to metabolize it. After a couple of days of that you would have taken way too many doses. Good luck trying to find the right meds can be very frustrating and this does make it a little bit easier. The Mayo Clinic has also developed a gene testing protocol but I don't know anything about it. And I don't know what you have to do to avail yourself up their test. The company Genesight was the first on the market that I ever heard of and the one I would recommend because it worked for me.

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Thank you very much for this information and explanation! Much appreciated!

@wsh66 I guess this is not available in Canada ...?