Comments on: The Menopause Makeover, Staness Jonekos http://www.menopausetracker.info/index.php/2010/03/26/menopause-makeover/ tracking the latest news on menopause Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:25:38 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Sara Wood http://www.menopausetracker.info/index.php/2010/03/26/menopause-makeover/comment-page-1/#comment-343 Sara Wood Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:51:35 +0000 http://www.menopausetracker.info/?p=810#comment-343 My understanding is similar to yours, that FSH is typically only valuable to indicate if menopause has been “achieved”, since FSH levels fluctuate significantly prior to that. I can’t speak to the efficacy of urine FSH tests, and I’m not even aware of a saliva FSH test, and don’t believe that it could effectively be measured in saliva because it is a non-steroidal hormone and therefore a polar molecule. She may be indicating that hormone levels are measured in saliva and not FSH. I would say this: there absolutely is ample scientific evidence to support the use of saliva with steroidal hormones including the estrogens (E1, E2, E3), Progesterone, Testosterone, DHEA and Cortisol. I have included a handout with bibliography that lists several of these studies and would be happy to provide you with more if needed. Sara Wood Staff Physician Labrix Clinical Services, Inc My understanding is similar to yours, that FSH is typically only valuable to indicate if menopause has been “achieved”, since FSH levels fluctuate significantly prior to that. I can’t speak to the efficacy of urine FSH tests, and I’m not even aware of a saliva FSH test, and don’t believe that it could effectively be measured in saliva because it is a non-steroidal hormone and therefore a polar molecule. She may be indicating that hormone levels are measured in saliva and not FSH.

I would say this: there absolutely is ample scientific evidence to support the use of saliva with steroidal hormones including the estrogens (E1, E2, E3), Progesterone, Testosterone, DHEA and Cortisol. I have included a handout with bibliography that lists several of these studies and would be happy to provide you with more if needed.

Sara Wood
Staff Physician
Labrix Clinical Services, Inc

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