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A 28-year old female asked:
Can I drive myself after ACTH stimulation test or should I have someone drive me? I don't know what to expect? might I feel better or worse after ?
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A 19-year old female asked:
What is the difference between acth plasma and acth stimulation test? Which one is more reliable and accurate? Can you depend solely on acth plasma?
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A 40-year old asked:
What is an acth stimulation test for?
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A 30-year old asked:
Acth stimulation test -- is that done in a lab?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I've been showing strong symptoms of addisons disease.Should I opt for an acth stimulation test?
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A 32-year old female asked:
What is the indication and contraindication of ACTH stimulation test? What is the management for ACTH stimulation test?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Is ACTH stimulation test done at a normal LAb that draws blood?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Does a positive 21 hydroxylase antibody test mean addision's disease even if the ACTH stimulation test comes back normal?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Can Prednisone affect an ACTH stimulation test? I'm on 5 mg daily for months and will have test in 1 week!
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A 37-year old female asked:
What is an ACTH stimulation test for? What does it diagnose? I took one and it was a simple blood test. Is that normal?
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A 33-year old male asked:
After ACTH Stimulation Test confirms Adrenal Insufficiency does it always need to be treated and/or followed up and how often?
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A 19-year old female asked:
acth plasma and cortisol blood tests were normal but I have strong addisons symptoms with bronzing.What to do? Should i do an ACTH stimulation test?
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A 33-year old male asked:
ACTH Stimulation Test w/poor response. I was told to wear a med bracelet and take Prednisone. How do I know if it's Addison's vs Adrenal Isufficiency?
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A 38-year old asked:
What is ab acth plasma stimulation test used for?
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A 44-year old female asked about a 17-year old female:
My kid 17yrafter ACTH stimulation,after 1hr 8min,17 OH progesterone-2.56 ng/ml,has acne,hirsutism,spotting before period,if it is LOCAH,what treatment?
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A 39-year old female asked:
What is ACTH stim test and does it make a person uncomfortable to have it?
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A 35-year old asked:
I had an "acth, plasma" test done. What is this test for?
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A 45-year old female asked:
I'm afraid to take ACTH stimulating test. Are there side effects? Do you have to fast? Can I do a saliva test?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Acth test is usually drawn in the morning, but I did it at 2pm. My ACTH level is 5, and cortisol level is 9.7. Should I take another one?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Had ACTH stimu injection test 2 check for secondary adrenal insuff.I was still exhausted after injection.Was I supposed to feel energy/side effects?
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A 28-year old female asked:
I'm having ACTH stim test. I am told I can take my 4mg prednisone at 6 am the day before test (>24 hrs) Won't this still affect my test the next day ?
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A 28-year old female asked:
ACTH stim test.My baseline cortisol was 17.5. After 30 min,cortisol =22. After 60 min,=26.I thought cortisol should raise 20pts but I was told normal.?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Why is one advised to eat high carbohydrate diet 24 hours before ACTH stim test? I wasn'st advised to but read that elsewhere?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Supposed to have acth stim test, but recently had to do 1wk prednisone pack. how long should I now wait before having the stim test?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Saliva cortisol tests are abnormally low. serum cortisol tests are normal. dr says I don't need an ACTH stim test due to serum results. agree?
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A 39-year old asked:
What is an acth test?
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A 27-year old male asked:
I suffer from severe daily brain fog and had an ACTH stim test done. During the test the brain fog lifted briefly, then came back. What caused this?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Serum cortisol: 145.00 ng/ml, 8am test and ACTH value: 25.00. What can be the problem? Is it addisons disease? I have tanning just like in Addison's.
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A 54-year old female asked:
Blood test results-what do I need to do next? low omega 3 / high homocyteine 14 / ACTH is too high.
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A 19-year old female asked:
I show symptoms of adrenal insufficiency. I did an acth plasma test which showed 25.00 and serum cortisol that showed 145ng?
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