Methods of treating somatosensory disorders and modulating production of proinflammatory cytokines by administering to a subject an effective amount of a COMT modulator, ADRB2 modulator, ADRB3 modulator or combinations thereof are provided. Methods of predicting effective pharmacological therapies for a subject afflicted with a somatosensory disorder by determining a genotype of the subject with regard to a gene selected from the group consisting of COMT, ADRB2, ADRB3, and combinations thereof are further provided. Methods of determining pain responses or pain perception and predicting susceptibility of a subject to develop related disorders, such as somatosensory disorders and somatization, by determining a genotype of the subject with regard to a gene selected from the group consisting of COMT, ADRB2, ADRB3, and combinations thereof are further provided.
提供了通过向受试者施用有效量的 CO
MT 调节剂、ADRB2 调节剂、ADRB3 调节剂或其组合来治疗躯体感觉障碍和调节促炎细胞因子产生的方法。还提供了通过确定受试者选自 CO
MT、ADRB2、ADRB3 及其组合组成的组的
基因的
基因型来预测患有躯体感觉障碍的受试者的有效药物疗法的方法。还提供了通过确定受试者选自 CO
MT、ADRB2、ADRB3 及其组合组成的组的
基因的
基因型来确定疼痛反应或疼痛感知以及预测受试者患相关疾病(如躯体感觉障碍和躯体化)的易感性的方法。