Estrogens: What Affects The Test
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What Affects the Test
Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:
- Hormone replacement therapy after menopause.
- Birth control pills, patches, or rings and other forms of hormonal birth control.
- Having a test that uses a radioactive substance, such as a bone scan, within 1 week before the test.
- Medicines, such as clomiphene (Serophene, Clomid) or steroids (for example, prednisone).
- High levels of sugar in the urine caused by diabetes.
| Last updated: | May 14, 2008 |
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| Author: | Sandy Jocoy, RN |
| Reviewed By: | Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine, Siobhan M. Dolan, MD, MPH - Reproductive Genetics |
| Editors: | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS, Tracy Landauer |
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