Researchers Explore Personalized Pharmacotherapy to Treat Panic Attacks
(WorldNews Netherlands)

More research needed to determine whether easily identified patient characteristics can help doctors choose the best drug for each patient, according to a new study in Personalized Medicine in Psychiatry Philadelphia, PA, April 26, 2017 Although drug therapy is the accepted first-line treatment for panic disorders (PDs), 17% to 64% of patients do not respond adequately and continue to exhibit one of the most common symptoms of PD, the panic attack (PA). In a comprehensive new analysis published in Personalized Medicine in Psychiatry, researchers carefully reviewed scientific data to establish whether a personalized treatment approach could help physicians prescribe the drug that will work...