Are your heart cholesterol anxiety allergy blood pressure pain medications best for you?
Are they safe together?
Get these answers and more with DNAimpact for Pharmacogenomics!
For decades, healthcare providers have been making decisions about your medications and dosages based on general guidelines for everyone. But, medication decisions should be based on what’s best for YOU.
With DNAimpact for Pharmacogenomics (PGx), you’ll learn how your genes impact the way your body responds to specific medications. Our clinical experts will help you and your doctor ensure your medications and doses are right for you.
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for eligible Cigna
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2-4
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Why is Pharmacogenomics (PGx) Important?
Prescription medications work differently for each person. This may be due to age, body size, health conditions, other medications, diet or lifestyle. Your genetic makeup also plays a role in how your body responds to medications because certain genes help break down and process them. You may have a change in one of these genes that makes your body break down a medication too quickly, too slowly, or not at all.
To unlock this information, a saliva sample is sent to a laboratory for DNA analysis to determine if you have any of the gene changes known to affect medications. Armed with information regarding these changes, your doctor will be better informed about the right medication or right dose that will work best for you.
of people have gene changes that impact how their body reacts to medicine1
of people are prescribed at least one medication impacted by gene changes2
of negative effects, allergic reactions, or overdoses could be prevented by PGx testing3
How DNAimpact for PGx Works
Take an active role in your healthcare decisions!
Enroll
Requires only your name and contact information.
Register
Create your PGx profile in our secure patient portal and consent to testing.
Explore Digital Content
Review dnaimpact.com/pgx to prepare for your test and personalized results.
Meet With Providers
Discuss results with our clinical experts and share with your healthcare provider to review and incorporate any medication changes.
Receive Your Results
Get notified when your personalized, easy to understand report is ready.
Take the Test
Follow easy at-home instructions and return in prepaid envelope.
Use Your PGx Results for All Medication Decisions
Your personalized PGx report and discussion tools should be used to confidently advocate for the best medications for you—now and in the future.
How DNAimpact for PGx Works
Take an active role in your healthcare decisions!
Enroll
Requires only your name and contact information.
Register
Create your PGx profile in our secure patient portal and consent to testing.
Explore Digital Content
Review dnaimpact.com/pgx to prepare for your test and personalized results.
Take the Test
Follow easy at-home instructions and return in prepaid envelope.
Receive Your Results
Get notified when your personalized, easy to understand report is ready.
Meet With Providers
Discuss results with our clinical experts and share with your healthcare provider to review and incorporate any medication changes.
Use Your PGx Results for All Medication Decisions
Your personalized PGx report and discussion tools should be used to confidently advocate for the best medications for you—now and in the future.
Personalized PGx Test Reports
Lab Report
Full report of all genetic variations identified through DNA analysis
Your Personalized PGx Summary
We combine results from your lab test, a drug/drug evaluation by a pharmacist, and medication considerations to discuss with your doctors in one easy-to-use report
Discussion Guide
Use this guide to help prompt the topics and questions you want to cover with your doctors as you discuss your PGx summary
Informed Genomic Care
is part of Our DNA
InformedDNA began as the first telehealth genetic counseling company in the US, making genomics-informed care more accessible to people nationwide and enabling you to take an active role in your healthcare decisions. We know that every person is unique, especially when it comes to how you respond to prescription medications. And we believe that the care you receive should be informed by understanding your DNA.
DNAimpact for PGx is aimed at doing just that.
At InformedDNA we are committed to enabling convenient, painless at-home PGx testing that delivers personalized recommendations and insights both you and your healthcare providers can use to make fully-informed decisions about your care.
With a genomics-guided approach to medication management, we can say good-bye to guessing and hello to better health decisions.
FAQs
A type of genetic test that looks at how an individual’s genes could affect their responses to different medications.
A type of genetic test that looks at how an individual’s genes could affect their responses to different medications.
Participation in this program is at no cost to you! Participants will not be billed for the test or for any counseling with PGx experts. Cigna is covering the full cost of the program.
When you enroll in the PGx program you will be able to list which healthcare provider(s) should receive your results. The healthcare provider(s) you select will get the lab’s technical report. They will also get the user-friendly individual summary report you receive. This will ensure your healthcare providers are able to discuss your results with you and appropriately manage your medications now and in the future. Only your healthcare provider should update or change your medications.
At InformedDNA, your privacy is of utmost importance to us. When you use our services, you trust us with significant personal details, and safeguarding that information is a top priority. Your genetic data will not be disclosed to employers, insurance companies, public databases, third-party marketers or anyone else without your explicit consent. We empower you with complete control over how your information is utilized and who it is shared with.
We maintain a robust data security program, adhering to strict industry data protection standards. All sensitive information is encrypted, and regular assessments are conducted to detect and address security vulnerabilities and threats. We do not divulge individual-level personal information to law enforcement unless compelled by a court order, subpoena, search warrant, or other legally valid requests.
Please click here if you would like more information on your rights and our responsibilities.
- 1. Van Driest SL, Shi Y, Bowton EA, et al. Clinically actionable genotypes among 10,000 patients with preemptive pharmacogenomic testing. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2014 Apr;95(4):423-31.
- 2. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2012 Aug; 92(2): 235–242.
- 3. Bardolia C, Matos A, Amin NS, et al. Utilizing pharmacogenomics to reduce adverse medication events. American Journal of Biomedical Science & Research. 2020;11(3):258–6
