@lamd
When I requested the blood tests, I simply said (written email) I was taking some new supplements and wanted to be certain that they were not adversely effecting me. So, I specifically asked for a CBC and a Metabolic panel, and. CTX, and P1NP. I had just had blood test run about 3 or so months before. I also asked for a cholesterol test, and an A1C. The A1C is a 3 month analysis of your blood sugar, different than just a “blood sugar” test. I have diabetes in my family so I keep up on that test. When my PCP replied (she is a FNP) she said she’d put in the order for them and that I needed to be aware the P1NP and CTX might not be paid by my insurance. I am still waiting f to see if it’s been paid or not. If you have the CTX and the P1NP Keith McCormick states you must have them fasting, no food (water is ok) first thing in the morning by specifically by 7:30 A.M. when the levels of the CTX will be at their highest.

The endocrinologist I saw poo pooed the test and sounded irritated (even mad) that I had asked for them and said they wouldn’t tell her anything and were “not going to change her prescription recommendations “. She also said when I ask her how she would be able to tell if the Reclast infusions she was prescribing were working for me and she said she would wait two years and do another DEXA scan. I told her I wanted the test done before I started medication and then I would want them done in three months and I felt like it was not a good idea to wait two years to see if a medication was the right one for me. Then I got out of there and I’ll never go back.