Luteinizing Hormone: What Affects The Test
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What Affects the Test
Results of the luteinizing hormone test may be affected by:
- The use of certain hormones, including those containing estrogen or progesterone (such as birth control pills).
- The use of medicines, such as clomiphene, spironolactone, naloxone, digoxin, phenothiazine, and those given for seizures (anticonvulsants).
- Obesity.
- Hyperthyroidism.
- Liver disease.
- Diagnostic imaging procedures, such as a thyroid scan or bone scan, that use a radioactive substance (tracer) and were performed within 7 days prior to LH testing.
| 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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