Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 I know if you are looking at pheos, (tumors on the adrenal gland) the best test is the Plazma Free Metanephrine test. The OLD standard was the catecholamines (24 hour urine collection). Hugs, Canasa > > Hi, folks, > > I'm having a blood draw tomorrow and I'd like to know which is the > better, more informative test for catecholamines: > > catecholamines, urine fract -- OR > > metanephrines, fract > > I'll be marking this one myself, but the doc's office told me > to 'mark whatever I wanted'. Ohhh, the power! LOL > > Cheers, > > Friday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 I know if you are looking at pheos, (tumors on the adrenal gland) the best test is the Plazma Free Metanephrine test. The OLD standard was the catecholamines (24 hour urine collection). Hugs, Canasa > > Hi, folks, > > I'm having a blood draw tomorrow and I'd like to know which is the > better, more informative test for catecholamines: > > catecholamines, urine fract -- OR > > metanephrines, fract > > I'll be marking this one myself, but the doc's office told me > to 'mark whatever I wanted'. Ohhh, the power! LOL > > Cheers, > > Friday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 I know if you are looking at pheos, (tumors on the adrenal gland) the best test is the Plazma Free Metanephrine test. The OLD standard was the catecholamines (24 hour urine collection). Hugs, Canasa > > Hi, folks, > > I'm having a blood draw tomorrow and I'd like to know which is the > better, more informative test for catecholamines: > > catecholamines, urine fract -- OR > > metanephrines, fract > > I'll be marking this one myself, but the doc's office told me > to 'mark whatever I wanted'. Ohhh, the power! LOL > > Cheers, > > Friday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 I replied in your journal, toots, but I'd go with cats and you don't need 24 hours; you can make do with a snapshot for what you're using the info for. Nat > > Hi, folks, > > I'm having a blood draw tomorrow and I'd like to know which is the > better, more informative test for catecholamines: > > catecholamines, urine fract -- OR > > metanephrines, fract > > I'll be marking this one myself, but the doc's office told me > to 'mark whatever I wanted'. Ohhh, the power! LOL > > Cheers, > > Friday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.