Lab results

[Tatyana]

I want some of you lads to consider this before you dish out a fair amount of money for an internet lab test:

- only two labs in the US are accredited, this is a new thing for the US. This means any lab monkey could set up a lab or even worse, they could just fake lab results.

http://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/...editation-a2la

- testosterone is notoriously difficult to measure and its accuracy and precision is not great, so if you get a dodgy lab, which does seem highly possible in the US, it is no better than a random number generator

- without someone who understands lab results, they are very difficult to interpret. I do find it quite disconcerting at the number of lads who get very stressed by a slightly elevated liver enzyme, or those that are not concerned at all with a very dodgy result.

- just because you get a number does not mean it is correct.

While there is a national quality control scheme in the US, it doesn't appear to have the same standards nationwide, and participation can vary from state to state.

One other thing that you chaps need to do:

INCLUDE THE UNITS IN YOUR BLOOD WORK.

I am quite good at interpreting results, but I need the units, especially as I often convert them to the internationally used SI.

Just so you get the idea, testosterone may be reported as:

pg/ml

ng/dl

nmol/L

pmol/L

 

[Nelson Montana]

I want some of you lads to consider this before you dish out a fair amount of money for an internet lab test:

- only two labs in the US are accredited, this is a new thing for the US. This means any lab monkey could set up a lab or even worse, they could just fake lab results.

http://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/...editation-a2la

- testosterone is notoriously difficult to measure and its accuracy and precision is not great, so if you get a dodgy lab, which does seem highly possible in the US, it is no better than a random number generator

- without someone who understands lab results, they are very difficult to interpret. I do find it quite disconcerting at the number of lads who get very stressed by a slightly elevated liver enzyme, or those that are not concerned at all with a very dodgy result.

- just because you get a number does not mean it is correct.

While there is a national quality control scheme in the US, it doesn't appear to have the same standards nationwide, and participation can vary from state to state.

One other thing that you chaps need to do:

INCLUDE THE UNITS IN YOUR BLOOD WORK.

I am quite good at interpreting results, but I need the units, especially as I often convert them to the internationally used SI.

Just so you get the idea, testosterone may be reported as:

pg/ml

ng/dl

nmol/L

pmol/L

I agree. I could never understand why people use these dodgy online labs. I guess they think they can get "legit/legal" HRT that way. Yeah, well, kinda, sorta -- with a lot of hassle and a high cost.

You're better off going to a real doc or even a clinic and get a real blood test. The cost is less and you know you're going to get the right numbers.

 

[eClenbuterol]

I agree. I could never understand why people use these dodgy online labs. I guess they think they can get "legit/legal" HRT that way. Yeah, well, kinda, sorta -- with a lot of hassle and a high cost.

You're better off going to a real doc or even a clinic and get a real blood test. The cost is less and you know you're going to get the right numbers.

I think some users are afraid of telling there doctors about there AAS usage.

 

[eClenbuterol]

Tatyana nice post. The link brought up a error message.