Guest guest Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 What is a saliva test, in this context? Dave On Oct 3, 2005, at 12:51 PM, viumber wrote: > > >> Still haven't gotten the results of the urine aldo and don't know if > they ran potassium and sodium tests on it. The tests this time were > Aldosterone 19.5 (normal upright 4-31), Renin 1.26 (normal 1.31- > 3.95). I was taking Triam/hctz dose of something like 37.5,25 > whatever that means, .175 Synthroid, and I was down to 25 mg of > Atenolol, .08 mg of GH. Another question this test was run in the > afternoon. Does that make any difference? I know it does for > cortisol. The first time I did the test the aldo was 9.8 and > renin .15. I was on .175 mg of synthroid, 13 mg Cortef about 36 hrs > before, oestrogel, and 75 mg of Atenolol. My blood pressure is down > to normal. Between 100-130/67-87. But now I seem to have another > problem. My blood sugar has gone way up, as high as 235. The fasting > glucose at 127 each time. This has been since starting the > triamizide. I was glucose intolerant before but had more problems of > hypoglycemia. Also had high blood pressure 154/101 last Friday and > also symptoms of high cortisol. Did saliva test. So I have many > things mixed together here. Haven't talked to the doctor yet to find > out what normal tests would be for someone on the diuretic. Violet > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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