GeneSight Testing
Finding the right psychiatric medication can sometimes take time.
At TMR Mental Health Care, we offer GeneSight pharmacogenomic testing to provide additional information that may help guide medication decisions.
GeneSight uses a simple cheek swab to analyze certain genetic variations that may affect how your body metabolizes or responds to some psychiatric medications.
How GeneSight Testing May Help
GeneSight results may help your psychiatric provider better understand:
- How your body may process certain medications
- Potential gene-drug interactions
- Factors that may influence medication response or side effects
- Whether certain medication options deserve additional consideration
GeneSight does not diagnose mental health conditions or guarantee that a specific medication will work. Results are reviewed together with your symptoms, medical history, previous treatments, and current medications.
Who May Benefit?
GeneSight testing may be worth discussing if you:
- Have tried multiple psychiatric medications
- Experienced unwanted medication side effects
- Have not achieved satisfactory symptom improvement
- Have had difficulty finding a well-tolerated medication
Your TMR provider can help determine whether pharmacogenomic testing is appropriate for you.
How Does GeneSight Testing Work?
The process is simple:
- Meet with a TMR psychiatric provider.
- Complete a quick cheek swab.
- Your sample is analyzed by the GeneSight laboratory.
- Your provider reviews the results with you.
- The findings may be used as one part of your personalized medication plan.
Personalized Medication Management at TMR
At TMR Mental Health Care, GeneSight testing can be combined with comprehensive psychiatric evaluation and medication management.
Our providers consider your complete clinical picture—not just genetic results—to develop an individualized treatment approach.
We serve patients from our Hackensack, New Jersey and Ridgewood, New York locations.
Schedule a GeneSight Consultation
If you have struggled to find an effective or well-tolerated psychiatric medication, GeneSight testing may provide additional information for your provider to consider.
Contact TMR Mental Health Care today to schedule a consultation.
FAQs
GeneSight is a pharmacogenomic test that analyzes certain genetic variations that may affect how your body interacts with some psychiatric medications.
No. GeneSight typically uses a simple cheek swab.
No. GeneSight provides additional information for your healthcare provider, but it cannot guarantee which medication will be most effective.
Do not start, stop, or change medication based solely on a GeneSight report. Always discuss medication changes with your prescribing provider.
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