Re: Accuracy of saliva tests

[Guest guest]

When I went to see my GP yesterday, I asked her about the

saliva tests. She admitted that she doesn't know a lot about

the adrenals, but said that if she was to look for adrenal fatigue

she would order a saliva test. She said the saliva test is more

accurate in finding adrenal fatigue.

LYNN

At 03:29 PM 10/20/2004, you wrote:

>I think these doctors that poo poo saliva tests are full of hooey

>and have fallen behind the times. Saliva tests are quite accurate.

>In fact there is some evidence that they are better than blood

>tests. The trouble with blood tests is that all that extra stuff in

>blood can interfere with the tests. Saliva tests measure free

>hormone much better and it is the free that matters the most. The

>one thing about saliva tests that was a problem in the beginning was

>that they did not have a long history of use to back up the accuracy

>of the normal ranges. Blood tests have been around so long that they

>are pretty sure what the normal curve, what are normal numbers for

>people, and what can go wrong with them. But, saliva tests have now

>been around long enough that they should be very accurate and they

>should have worked out any bugs in proceedures and possible things

>that could go wrong. I have used then over several years and have

>found them to be very consistent and that they compare well with the

>same blood tests. In fact I have found blood tests to have more

>variation from test to test indicating it is a little less accurate

>than saliva.

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[Guest guest]

Absolutely true.

Re: Accuracy of saliva tests

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> When I went to see my GP yesterday, I asked her about the

> saliva tests. She admitted that she doesn't know a lot about

> the adrenals, but said that if she was to look for adrenal fatigue

> she would order a saliva test. She said the saliva test is more

> accurate in finding adrenal fatigue.

> LYNN

[Guest guest]

Absolutely true.

Re: Accuracy of saliva tests

>

> When I went to see my GP yesterday, I asked her about the

> saliva tests. She admitted that she doesn't know a lot about

> the adrenals, but said that if she was to look for adrenal fatigue

> she would order a saliva test. She said the saliva test is more

> accurate in finding adrenal fatigue.

> LYNN