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Does anyone have a recommendation for a good 24 hour saliva cortisol test? I've seen one with medi-checks for £89?

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Does anyone have a recommendation for a good 24 hour saliva cortisol test? I've seen one with medi-checks for £89?

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humanbean

I don't know of a 24-hour one. The one we usually suggest on here is the one by Regenerus :

regeneruslabs.com/products/...

It doesn't use reference ranges that start at zero. Zero isn't a healthy amount of cortisol for anyone!

It doesn't give results that are "less than something" either, because that suggests that zero is part of the reference range.

It includes a test for DHEA.

On the link I've given make sure to read the details, analytes, instructions, and sample reports.

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Rach77788 in reply tohumanbean

Thanks so much

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seveneleven

Second humanbean's reply - avoid the Medichecks one because it's frankly useless, as they don't give proper ranges, so it'd be a waste. Regenerus is very good and easy to follow.

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Rach77788

Thanks, I'd hate to waste even more money in this quest to get better. Thanks for replying

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