There is a high percentage of patients for whom drugs are ineffectiveIn October 2013, the Food and Drug Administration cited a study on the percentages of patients for whom drugs are ineffective. The study explained that some of that ineffectiveness could be attributed to errors in dosing, drug-interactions, or non-compliance, researchers estimated that up to 50 percent of those inappropriate responses were likely related to genetic factors.
- Depression 38%
- Asthma 40%
- Cardiac Arrhythmias 40%
- Diabetes 43%
- Migraine 48%
- Arthritis 50%
- Osteoporosis 52%
- Alzheimer’s 70%
- Cancer 75%
Source: genomemag.com, fda.gov