cortisol

[France92]

hi can anyone tell me which is the best cortisol test blood or salvia? Also which company is best to use in UK?

[SlowDragon Administrator]

thyroiduk.org/help-and-supp...

Regenerus link

regeneruslabs.com/products/...

[France92 in reply to SlowDragon]

Thankyou

[StillEverHopeful]

Saliva gives you an overview of your diurnal cortisol levels & may include DHEAThe morning blood cortisol will let you know what’s happening at a set spot in time. SlowDragon has given you good links to follow up with as you decide what’s best for you.

[France92 in reply to StillEverHopeful]

Thankyou I had the morning blood at Dr's he said it was ok but on results it advised another test to be done. I think it's best to do the salvia one.

[humanbean]

Regenerus link :

regeneruslabs.com/products/...

Genova Diagnostics UK :

gdx.net/uk/product/adrenal-...

I'd go for Regenerus myself. Genova doesn't like doing business with patients directly, and getting results from them is "awkward".

Read this link on how the process works with Genova :

thyroiduk.org/help-and-supp...

[Lynneypin in reply to humanbean]

I’m thinking I should get a cortisol test as I haven’t had one for years… Medichecks have 20% off their saliva test…. Are they ok to use for this?

[France92 in reply to Lynneypin]

Sorry I couldn't tell you I used the Regenrus one maybe do your own post so someone more experience will answer.

[TiggerMe in reply to Lynneypin]

The Regenerus one mentioned above is considered better as it includes a DHEA result 🤗

[humanbean in reply to Lynneypin]

Medichecks saliva cortisol test is not very good. They have useless reference ranges that include zero, and they can't measure very small amounts of cortisol. So people get a result of, say,

Cortisol < 2 range < 1.5 or perhaps the other way around, I can't remember exactly.

That result tells you virtually nothing. And someone having zero cortisol is never healthy and shouldn't be in the reference range.

Another thing...

The Medichecks test doesn't include DHEA either.

Regenerus has sensible looking reference ranges that don't include zero as "healthy" and it includes a DHEA result as well, so I would always suggest people use Regenerus.

[Lynneypin in reply to humanbean]

thank you! 😊