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A chronic non-surgical back pain patient required narcotics in addition to the physical therapy he does at home, in part due to GI bleeds with NSAIDS. Although hydrocodone controlled the deep back pain and other osteoarthritic pain of knees and hands, gabapentin was not helpful for his neuropathic/radicular pain. His Ethos biomarker screen revealed a vitamin B6 deficiency, elevated levels of inflammatory markers (Quinolinic acid and Kynurenic acid) as well as elevated 3-HPMA and abnormal 5-HIAA. His osteoarthritic pain didn’t fully resolve, but the neuropathic pain subsided greatly, which was the component the hydrocodone wouldn’t touch, so he now is very functional at home and work. We wouldn’t have known to pursue this pathway without the biomarkers giving us direction.

17 year old female patient with a history of chronic depression, anxiety and insomnia for as long as her mother can remember. When she initially came into the clinic, she wouldn’t talk to the provider and her mom did most of the talking for her. Her mother informed the provider that she was experiencing severe anxiety, depression and also had trouble speaking, but she wouldn’t take any medications to relieve her symptoms. Once the Ethos biomarker results came in, the provider noticed that her 5- HIAA level was at the bottom end of the spectrum and used the result to communicate to the patient that her serotonin turnover levels were at a low level and that could be causing all of these anxiety and depression symptoms she was experiencing. Once the patient and her mother had this objective workup, and it showed that she had these low levels, they were more open to trying different treatment options. The patient was started on the recommended treatment and within weeks of starting the treatment, the patient could feel the effects. The provider notes that the whole patient’s demeanor changed when she came into the office. She was much more talkative, didn’t put her hair over her face at all, and just had a much better outlook on life.

A patient with a history of drug and opiate abuse and was currently being prescribed suboxone. The patient reported symptoms of fatigue, inability to sleep and general pain throughout the body. Biomarker testing revealed three deficiencies. The physician treated these deficiencies with Pyridoxal-5- Phosphate and Coenzyme Q10 supplements. The patient wrote a glowing review of the office and of the physician which stated that he went above and beyond the patient’s expectations of him by offering a novel test that found specific deficiencies present in her body that were causing her pain. The physician was extremely happy to see this review of his practice and he really appreciated what Ethos was able to provide to him to differentiate himself as a clinician. The next time this patient was seen, which was a couple weeks after she started taking the supplements, she reported that she had some severe ankle pain before the supplements, and that ankle pain was completely gone now.