From a recent patient....this says it all..
my pain management clinic has been pressuring me to undergo DNA testing "to see which medication is best for you when you develop a tolerance to this one" - which seems like a very stupid reason. The company is Proove, of course. I have done some reading and their testing is not done independently - they fund their own research. That's not at all objective. And the remark that it's "proven" that 50% of addiction is due to genetics is just actually opinion - opinion by people in the rehab field who buy into the disease model, and who make their profits from treating addicts (as a retired drug counselor, I am familiar with this field).
I don't want anyone testing my DNA, and I resent this attempt to pressure me into it. The physician's assistant who was trying to talk me into it got exasperated and said, "Why won't you do this? Medicare pays for it!" as if this was my only objection. He also couldn't tell me how it worked. The Proove rep just repeated the nonsense written above by the Proove person who replied to your blog post. THEY conduct the research, which is not an unbiased way to do this. It's not good science and I think to ask someone to have a test that is permanently on your medical record is shameful.
