Follicle-Stimulating Hormone: What Affects The Test
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What Affects the Test
Results of the follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) test may be affected by:
- The use of hormones, such as testosterone, estrogen, and progesterone (including birth control pills).
- Heavy cigarette smoking.
- Age.
- The use of medicines, such as cimetidine, clomiphene, digitalis, and levodopa. Make sure your health professional has a complete list of all the prescription and over-the-counter medicines you are taking, including herbs and natural substances.
- Having a test such as a thyroid scan or bone scan that uses a radioactive substance within 1 week of the FSH test.
| Last updated: | June 06, 2007 |
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| Author: | Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS |
| Reviewed By: | Patrice Burgess, MD - Family Medicine, Kirtly Jones, MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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