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How medications affect you

Welcome to your Medications results! This Navigenics feature provides personalized genetic information to help you understand which drugs work best for you, starting with your responses to 12 medications. Many of these medications, such as statins, are taken by millions of people each day.

Click on the name of any medication below to access in-depth information about your risk of side effects or the drug's effectiveness for you. You'll also learn what you can do, details about your specific genetic markers, what your results may mean for your family, and much more.

Even if your results for particular medications appear low risk or typical, this information is still helpful. Should you ever need one of these drugs, you and your doctor can use your genetic results to help make medication decisions tailored for you.

Side Effects

Drug Your Risk Side Effect
Fluorouracil (Efudex®)

Used to treat many types of cancer
High Risk

Severe, potentially fatal toxicity
Simvastatin (Vytorin®, Zocor®)

Used to treat high cholesterol and help prevent heart disease
Moderate Risk

Muscle pain and damage
Abacavir (Ziagen®)

Used to treat HIV infection
Low Risk

Severe allergic reaction, including fever, rash, and nausea
Carbamazepine (Carbatrol®)

Used to treat epilepsy, chronic pain, and certain psychiatric conditions
Low Risk

Life-threatening dermatological syndromes that include fever, rash, and peeling skin.
Floxacillin (Floxapen®)

Used to treat infections
Low Risk

Severe liver toxicity, leading to liver damage
Irinotecan (Camptosar®)

Used to treat colorectal and other types of cancer
Low Risk

Severe reactions, including suppression of the immune system
Succinylcholine (Anectine®)

Used as a muscle relaxant during anesthesia
Low Risk

Prolonged, potentially dangerous paralysis of the breathing muscles
Thiopurines (Azasan®)

Used to treat inflammatory conditions and some types of cancer
Low Risk

Severe bone marrow complications

Drug Response

Drug How Effective For You
Warfarin (Coumadin®)

Used to treat and prevent blood clots and heart-related conditions, such as atrial fibrillation and heart attack
Likely To Require Customized Dose
Clopidogrel (Plavix®)

Used to prevent blood clots and conditions linked to them, such as heart attack and stroke
Decreased Effectiveness
Beta blockers (Coreg®, many others)

Used to treat and prevent cardiovascular disease
Typical Effectiveness
Statins (Pravachol®, Zocor®, many others)

Used to treat high cholesterol and help prevent heart disease
Typical Effectiveness

The genetic risk scoring/relative risk calculation methods used to calculate your results were developed and their performance characteristics determined by the Navigenics Laboratory. Lifetime risk estimates are based on published epidemiological data and are provided for informational/visualization purposes only; performance characteristics of the estimated lifetime risk calculation have not been determined by Navigenics.