LAB TESTS

201: Adrenal Test - This test is a saliva test used to measure what Stage of exhaustion, if any, your Adrenal glands may be in and how long it may take to recover. It measures your cortisol and DHEA levels during the course of one day. 

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205: Adrenal/Hormone Test - This is the same as the 201 Test but additionally tests Female and Male Hormone levels, as well as Melatonin, which can be an important contributor to a good night's sleep. It measures your cortisol, DHEA, Estrogen, Progesterone and Melatonin levels during the course of one day. 

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208: Female Hormonal Profile Test - This is a saliva test that measures female hormones every other day during the entire length of a woman's menstrual cycle. It is used to help assess fertility and menstrual cycle disorders.

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Saliva Testing versus Blood Testing

Saliva testing is an affordable, safe, painless, convenient and accurate way of finding out levels of cortisol and working steroidal hormones (estradiol, progesterone, testosterone etc.) in your body. It also tells us how healthy and regular your adrenal system is, which helps control your energy, mood, weight metabolism and immune system.

This painless and noninvasive testing is done in the privacy of your own home over the course of one day. The WHO (World Health Organization approved this method in 1990 and it is routinely used in scientific research and as textbook materials for students of endocrinology and internal medicine.

Blood testing evaluates all circulating hormones regardless of their availability to our cells. Hormone saliva testing tells us the amount of hormones in our body that are actually usable by our cells.

You will either be given a lab test from Dr. Madden or one will be mailed to you by the Lab. Saliva testing for the201 and 205 tests consists of you spitting into 4 different tubes over the course of a normal day; morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The tubes are then mailed in an accompanying pouch the next day and the results are typically available in 7-10 days. The 208 test consists of you spitting into a tube, every other day over the course of your entire Menstrual cycle. 

Some insurance companies will pay for this test and others will not. We will provide you with a superbill with diagnostic insurance codes to submit to your insurance company. You will be billed after the lab process is completed.

Adrenal/Hormone Testing

36 hours before testing:
Do not take any sublingual products.
(anything you take under the tongue)

Day of Testing:
No coffee, tea or caffeine drinks.
No Sub-lingual products that day
No food or drink for one hour before saliva sample collection
No teeth brushing or flossing for one hour before saliva sample collection

If menstruating, take samples on any day between days 18-23 of your cycle, with the first day after your bleeding stops being day #1. Let Dr. Madden know which day you did the test.

If taking any kind of steroids or steroidal creams, stop for a day before testing and resume the day after. If this is not medically possible, make sure Dr. Madden knows when you took them and the amount you took.

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