Before Weight-Loss Medication: Baseline Labs
Everything to check before starting GLP-1 medication like semaglutide or tirzepatide. Includes baseline lipase and amylase (pancreas), fasting insulin, glucose and A1c, cholesterol and hs-CRP, kidney and liver function, thyroid with TPO antibodies, iron and ferritin, B12, folate and vitamin D. You start with a clear baseline and can track what changes. Fast 8–12 hours.
Tests included
- Amylase
- Band Neutrophils
- Band Neutrophils (%)
- Basophils
- Basophils (%)
- Blasts
- Blasts (%)
- Eosinophils
- Eosinophils (%)
- Hematocrit
- Hemoglobin (HGB)
- Lymphocytes
- Lymphocytes (%)
- Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH)
- Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC)
- Mean Corpuscular Volume
- Mean Platelet Volume (MPV)
- Metamyelocytes
- Metamyelocytes (%)
- Monocytes
- Monocytes (%)
- Myelocytes
- Myelocytes (%)
- Neutrophils
- Neutrophils (%)
- Nucleated RBC
- Nucleated RBC (%)
- Platelet Count
- Promyelocytes
- Promyelocytes (%)
- Reactive Lymphocytes
- Red Blood Cell Count (RBC)
- Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW)
- White Blood Cell Count (WBC)
- hsCRP
- Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT)
- Albumin
- Albumin/Globulin Ratio
- Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP)
- Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST)
- BUN/Creatinine Ratio
- Blood Urea Nitrogen
- Calcium
- Carbon Dioxide
- Chloride
- Creatinine
- Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate
- Globulin (Calculated)
- Glucose (Blood)
- Potassium
- Protein, Total
- Sodium
- Total Bilirubin
- Folate (RBC)
- Hemoglobin A1c
- Insulin
- Ferritin
- Iron % Saturation
- Iron, Total
- Total Iron Binding Capacity (TIBC)
- Lipase
- HDL Cholesterol
- LDL Cholesterol (by calculation)
- Non-HDL Cholesterol
- Total Cholesterol
- Total Cholesterol / HDL Ratio
- Triglycerides
- Free T4 Index (T7)
- T3, Uptake
- T4 (Thyroxine), Total
- Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone
- Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies (TPO)
- Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin)
- Vitamin D, 25-OH, Total
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