Question 69 of 433
What about dried-urine hormone tests?
The short answer
SKIP. Menopause and endocrine societies advise against using urine or saliva hormone tests to guide treatment.
These kits cost $300 to $500 and produce elaborate charts of hormone breakdown products. Hormone therapy is dosed by symptoms and, when needed, by standard blood tests. The charts do not improve results.
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GUIDELINE-BASED — Menopause management: routine urine or saliva hormone titration lacks demonstrated benefit.Evidence grade (draft mapping)GGuideline-based / consensusPart 5, Q69 · Part sources
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