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Combination medications and your genes

Pharmacogenetic guidelines are written for one ingredient at a time. Here is how they apply to products like Tylenol with Codeine, Excedrin and Adderall, and every combination product we track with an ingredient that has guidance.

How we handle them

Guidance is per ingredient. The guidelines from CPIC, the FDA and DPWG cover single ingredients. None of them covers a combination product as a whole.

We look at each ingredient. If an ingredient has guidance, the product carries that ingredient's guidance. The other ingredients, like the acetaminophen in Tylenol with Codeine, usually have none.

What it means for the combination is less clear. The dose of each ingredient can differ from the single-ingredient product, and the ingredients can change how each other works. Treat the ingredient's guidance as a reason to talk with your prescriber or pharmacist, not as advice about the product itself.

In your report. Combination products aren't listed in a Gene2Rx report on their own. Search for one by name in your report to see your result for each ingredient your report covers.

Products by ingredient

Product names come from RxNorm, the US National Library of Medicine's list of prescribable drugs, plus brands we've added by hand. Informational only, not medical advice. Never start, stop, or change a medication without talking to your prescribing clinician.