Blood test to check absorption of meds

Posted by britchic @britchic, 3 days ago

My dr is recommending a blood test to see if my body is absorbing the antibiotics I’ve been on for over 4 yrs. Curious if anyone else has had this test done?

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sarahlynn1960 | @sarahlynn1960 | 16 hours ago

I’ve only gotten the 1+, 2 + etc numbers. How do these correspond to colony numbers?

Mary | @mjb24 | 12 hours ago

In reply to @sarahlynn1960 "I’ve only gotten the 1+, 2 + etc numbers. How do these correspond to colony numbers?" + (show)

@sarahlynn1960 These numbers relate to the bacterial load, the higher the #, the higher the bacterial load. My results have shown for example 1+ few or 3+ many. I don't know that it directly corresponds to the colony count.