Progesterone: 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:
- The use of hormones, including those containing estrogen or progesterone (such as birth control pills).
- The use of medicines, such as ampicillin and clomiphene.
- The time of day when you have the test. Progesterone levels normally fluctuate during the day.
- Exercise.
- Having a test such as a thyroid scan or bone scan that used a radioactive substance (tracer) within 1 week before the progesterone test.
- Where you are in your menstrual cycle.
| 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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