Neda Leonard on using Pharmacogenetics to solve the patient‘s puzzle and decongest the Polypharmacy Highway
NOV 15, 2021
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Neda Leonard, CEO of Rx Gene IQ and a Dual Board-Certified Pharmacist in Pharmacotherapy and Geriatrics, joins us today, with her patient, Joey Stanford, to discuss how precision medicine identified the underlying cause of Joey’s lifelong health issues.



Show Notes:



(00:35) – Introducing Neda



(01:30) – Neda Leonard’s background and professional interests



(07:00) – Introducing Joey Stanford



(07:50) – Joey's Story



(12:30) – The Complications of Multiple Insurers



(15:00) – Joey’s two big discoveries from Pharmacogenetics



(18:50) – Say Goodbye to Trial and Error



(19:30) – How to solve the patient’s puzzle



(24:00) – How to decongest the “Polypharmacy Highway”



(25:00) – Education and Advocacy to Scale



(26:40) – What is the problem and why are there so few solutions for it?



(31:40) – Using a team effort to detect which patients benefit the most



(35:00) – Closing remarks

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