Question: What is genopharmacology?
Answer: It is the interaction of gene variations with specific medication treatments. Although some people inherit both the subtypes of ADHD the majority of the time this is probably not the case. There are already over a dozen gene variations (polymorphisms) that have been found to be more common in ADHD. Last week a new study was reported in which one gene variation was found to respond very favorably to one type of stimulant (in 60% of these patients) but another gene variation was found to not respond at all to the same medication. The use of genotypes in predicting treatment response is coming soon.
