Guest guest Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 Dick is going in for a cortisol stimulating test?? (blookd test)....is that what it is called???.... anyhow, what should we expect as to how this is done??.......thanks.......sue in TN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 Is blood drawn more that once)))---so there is also an injection (ACTH)???......and does he take his thyroid meds as usual or is he fasting from everything??.............thanks.........sue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I had the same test done over 10 years ago (when they were too > ignorant to understand that my symptoms were the result of > inadequate and lousy thyroid treatment, NOT my adrenals). It was > nothing. It's a test to measure the ability of the adrenal cortex to > respond to injected ACTH by producing cortisol appropriately. ACTH > is the hormone produced in the pituitary gland that stimulates your > adrenal glands, so it can also detect pituitary insufficiency. They > take a pre-blood, then post-blood draws to determine what is going > on. > > Janie > > > > Dick is going in for a cortisol stimulating test?? (blookd > > test)....is that what it is called???.... anyhow, what should we > > expect as to how this is done??.......thanks.......sue in TN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 > Is blood drawn more that once)))---so there is also an injection > (ACTH)???......and does he take his thyroid meds as usual or is he > fasting from everything??.............thanks.........sue I didn't fast from thyroid meds that I can remember....the doc may help you with that one. Yes, blood was drawn at the beginning, then two more times, at 10 am and at 11 am. If my memory serves me correctly, the ACTH was given via the intravenous tube, then the blood removed, but I " think " the latter was done with a needle?? Long time ago. Janie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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