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Interpreting CTX and P1NP Tests
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jun 26 7:03am | Replies (21)Comment receiving replies
The Cleveland Clinic CTX scoring has anyone above 60 as bone turnover loss and you need to go on drugs. That is their measurement. At Quest my CTX was 125 and my functional medicine doctor said my HRT is working. I think reading the scoring is so confusing and most doctors interpret it differently.
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In Great Bones, McCormick does not like to see a CTX score under 100. I hope people can still get the book....it is a very important publication.
The AI summary on Google does state this info about a greater than 60/mg CTX score and claims it is info from Cleveland Clinic. However, I have not found anything in the CLinic's literature that confirms this.
Can you please provide the cite to the material from Cleveland Clinic that says that a CTX above 60 requires medication? AI might be wrong?????
My understanding of bone biomarkers is that one looks at the trends, and the trends should be from the pre-treatment baseline. Biomarkers do not pretend to have hard and fast numbers.
For the original poster of this thread, there is a lot of info on Mayo Connect comments discussing what marker results mean. Without Great Bones, you will need to wade through all those postings, BUT many if not most comments will provide citations of the source for any information. Good luck.
And yes, there is a shortage of competent medical professionals diagnosing and treating this condition.