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Free Testosterone

  • 03-05-2023 10:30am
    #1
    lebigmacncheese
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72 ✭✭


    Is there anywhere in Ireland that tests specifically for Free Testosterone? Using the gold standard Equilibrium Dialysis or Ultrafiltration.

    The clinic in Bray 'https://www.testosterone.ie/' do not test for Free testosterone, they calculate it based on other markers, which is not accurate or reliable (the lab they use cannot do Equilibrium Dialysis or Ultrafiltration).



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  • #2
    nottin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭nottin


    Did you find any anywhere that can do this?

    I recently used citytest.ie for my normal bloodwork, but they couldn't do a direct measurement of Free Test. Or rather, they said it would be prohibitively expensive without actually giving me a number.



  • #3
    lebigmacncheese
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72 ✭✭lebigmacncheese


    No I cancelled an appointment in the Bray clinic because they weren't testing for free t either. I also send my bloodwork results to a place in London and they said they probably wouldn't prescribe based on my levels. Hard to know what to do now. Let me know if you figured anything out.



  • #4
    Trondheim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 138 ✭✭Trondheim


    Is it that you have symptoms of low testosterone?

    You could ask your GP to refer you to a consultant endocrinologist.



  • #5
    embracingLife
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 410 ✭✭embracingLife


    There's a blood test service in Dun Laoghaire called DBT. They test for anything you want including free testosterone, it cost 95 euros for free testosterone.

    Www.dbt-bloodtest.ie



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