Instructions for Hormone Replacement Blood Draws
Please read the following instructions carefully to make your appointment as efficient as possible and better serve you. If you have any questions at all, please feel free to contact us before your appointment at 847-222-9060 or info@apmt.us,
For Women
For Men
- Please drink adequate fluids the day before and the day of your blood draw.
- Do not use hormone replacement creams or other hormone replacement products on the morning of your blood draw.
- If you are taking oral contraceptives, please take these as usual.
- If you take desiccated thyroid or Armour medication, please take the medication 5 hours before the lab draw.
- If you take synthetic thyroid medication such as Synthroid, you take it as usual.
- If you are over 40, please have a mammogram report taken within the last 12 months with you on the morning of your consultation.
- Please drink adequate fluids the day before and the day of your blood draw.
- Do not use hormone replacement creams or other hormone replacement products on the morning of your blood draw.
- If you receive hormone injections, labs should be scheduled five days after your last injection or when your next injection is due.
- If you take desiccated thyroid or Armour medication, please take the medication 5 hours before the lab draw.
- If you take synthetic thyroid medication such as Synthroid, you take it as usual.