Sixth Question of the Day July 6, 2014 How many insurance companies currently pay for salvia test to determine hormone levels? Should they? Why or why not? What is the scientific basis for these test? the FDA says this:

Is saliva testing helpful for people taking menopausal hormone therapy?  

Some compounding pharmacies and other promoters of “BHRT” claim that estrogen levels in a person’s saliva can be tested by practitioners to help practitioners estimate the amount of hormone a person needs and purportedly to “customize” the hormone therapy for individual patients. There is no scientific basis for using saliva testing to adjust hormone levels. Instead, practitioners should adjust hormone therapy dosages based on a patient’s symptoms.

 

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