Bioidentical Saliva Hormone Testing

• Saliva hormone testing allows you to measure your levels of estradiol, progesterone, and testosterone. Comparing your female hormone levels to the normal range for your age will help you and your doctor evaluate how hormone replacement therapy will or has changed your hormone levels.

  Hormones can be tested through non-invasive tests from blood and urine. Currently, saliva testing is able to test levels of estradiol, estriol, estrone, progesterone, testosterone, DHT, DHEA, melatonin and cortisol.

  It is highly recommended to get a saliva test, for a base line level to start with before starting any hormone therapy. Then the tests should be repeated in 2 to 3 months. This way you will be able to evaluate if Hormone Replacement Therapy has affected your levels. It is then recommended to repeat the test again once a year while on this therapy. It is suggested that you test for Estriol, Estradiol, Estrone, Progesterone, Testosterone, Cortisol, DHEA, Melatonin, DHT and Pyrilinks D (urine test) for bones.

  It is also very important and well suggested, that you get your hormones tested in your 30’s-40’s, before you have even entered perimenopause or menopause, to establish your normal hormone levels, and how your body metabolizes them. If you do the testing early, you will then have something to compare yourself, when you felt good and normal, to later when you begin menopause and your hormone levels begin to fall. This can help your healthcare professional prescribe the right dosages for you to get back on track.

  Finding a satisfactory dose for you can take several months and anything that you can do in advance to speed up the process will only help you in the long run. Your doctor may see dozens of patients that each need their own individual dose, so he will be experienced in helping you find where you should be. Just make sure that you tell him everything that changes, so you can aid him in his prescriptions.