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When to check bone resorption/formation markers?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Sep 25, 2023 | Replies (10)Comment receiving replies
Interesting that your endo doesn't do the blood tests. I am about 2/3 of the way through Dr. McCormick's book and was quite interested in the blood work he recommends. When I went for my 6 mo. Evenity shots at the end of August, I was told I had to have blood work done before the shots. I asked what they were checking for. CTX and P1NP were not included. I called the doctor who initially recommended Evenity treatment for my osteoporosis, and the response I got was that they no longer do those tests and was not given a satisfactory reason why. Now I am really confused. Obviously, you can't get blood work done without orders. I see my PCP next month for my yearly and plan to discuss that with her.
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@mao22 I get my PCP to order CTX and P1NP and then talk to McCormick. My endocrinologist told me there could be an entire conference on the issue of blood tests and that the field is really split. McCormick told me there are inconsistencies in benefit because docs don't know how to use them: they should be fasting and done at the same time in the early morning for comparison (especially the CTX, as I remember, but could be wrong).
I got a second opinion endo who does do the testing but I have seen my main endo for years and years and he is in my hospitals system so for now I am using PCP to order the tests.