Bloodwork, but not

[Pittsburgh412]

There's a saliva test
Female / Male Saliva Profile I
This profile measures your Cortisol x 1, DHEA-S, Estradiol (E2), Progesterone and Testosterone through saliva samples. Will this work?

[clarky.]

Never heard of that 1 pitts where did you see/read this about.

[Pittsburgh412]

Never heard of that 1 pitts where did you see/read this about.

http://www.accesalabs.com/zrt

[Pittsburgh412]

There's a saliva test
Female / Male Saliva Profile I
This profile measures your Cortisol x 1, DHEA-S, Estradiol (E2), Progesterone and Testosterone through saliva samples. Will this work?

Bump, will this work?

[Docd187123]

Policy

Aetna considers salivary tests of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), estrogen, melatonin, progesterone, or testosterone experimental and investigational for the screening, diagnosis, or monitoring of menopause or diseases related to aging, or any other indications because these tests have not been proven to be valid alternatives to serum tests.

^^^^cant post links yet but that's straight from the Aetna website. If they don't view it as a reliable alternative to serum testing I wouldn't.

I'm not saying the numbers would necessarily be off, but it would have a much larger tolerance for error in collecting the sample at home, and is technically more challenging (serum hormone levels are generally 10-100x higher than saliva so the assay sensitivity would be completely different).