Personalized Medicine – a "Super" Approach to Healthcare

One Size Fits All Medicine IS No Longer The Best Approach

Historically, the pharmaceutical industry has developed treatments based on statistical averages resulting in a one size fits all approach to both medications and dosages. This traditional approach often misses the mark because each person’s genetic and biological makeup is different from everyone else’s, often in very important ways that affect our health. More often than not your treatment plan today doesn’t have all that much to do with you specifically and is identical to that which doctors would hand over to anyone with the same condition whether it be your grandmother, the local hotdog vendor or the Indonesian Prime Minister.

Traditional First Line Treatment Plans Are Ineffective For a Large Percentage of People

This one size fits all healthcare is evidenced by multiple different therapies being administered one after the other in a prescribed order to treat illnesses, ie: first line treatment plan, second line approach and medicines which are recommended when other treatments have not worked. Consider patients with depression for example, 38 percent of whom do not respond to the first drug they are prescribed. Or patients with asthma, of whom 40 percent do not respond to the most commonly prescribed drugs. Or type 2 diabetes (43 percent), arthritis (50 percent), and Alzheimer’s disease (70 percent).

Personalized Medicine Is Based On Your Unique Biochemistry & Also Focuses on Prevention

The promise behind personalized medicine is to tailor healthcare to each person’s unique genetic make-up. The benefits include more precise and predictable health care that provides more accurate diagnosis, safer drug prescriptions and more effective treatments. The personalized medicine approach is also aimed as much at preventing disease as it is at tailoring treatment once it is found.

The definition of personalized medicine by the National Human Genome Research Institute defines it as use of an “individual’s genetic profile to guide decisions made in regard to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease.”

It wasn’t until 2003 that scientists had a complete sequence and map of all the genes in the human body. These days’ individual patients can have their personal genomes scanned or fully sequenced. This knowledge about the elements of human genomes and their differences is central to the concept of personalized medicine and will change its future.

All humans are different and we all respond differently so it makes sense that our medicines and treatments should be different too.

The Stop and Regrow Program Is Based on Personalized Medicine

Here at Stop and reGrow we are fully invested in personalized medicine today and are working towards a Jetsons like future where we can scan your body, quickly identify any chemical or hormonal imbalances and be able to easily prescribe, create and administer the perfect remedy for YOU to get you quickly back to your healthiest and best self.

Besides more effective treatment and faster recovery there are other benefits to personalized medicine too, which are absence of side effects and lower treatment costs. Personalized medicine allows us to create just the right dose for you personally. This means that there is no risk of overdosing which is a major cause of side effects. Additionally, you are only paying for the amount and dosage of medicine that you personally need - making your treatment much more cost effective.

Not only can personalized medicine provide therapies to existing illnesses but we can also optimize your health and make you into your best “super” version of yourself.

So what are you waiting for? Come in and find out for yourself the reasons behind your hair loss and what personalized medicine can do for you. Call us on (310) 601-4778 for a free phone consultation or schedule your assessment online here .