Saliva LCMS Hormones 7 + Dried Urine LCMS Neurotransmitters and Diurnal Hormones I
ZRT Laboratory
Sample type: Saliva, Urine
Requires fasting: No
At home test
Details
This panel combines salivary sex hormones with urinary neurotransmitters, diurnal cortisol, cortisone, and melatonin. It may be useful when evaluating mental health challenges, especially when a hormonal component is suspected.
- Gamma-aminobutyric acid
- Tyrosine
- Taurine
- Tryptophan
- Histidine
- Glycine
- Glutamine
- 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid
- Estriol
- Vanillylmandelic Acid
- Kynurenic Acid
- Homovanillic Acid
- Xanthurenic Acid
- Testosterone
- Serotonin
- Kynurenine
- Melatonin Evening
- Melatonin Morning
- Melatonin Night
- Glutamate
- Histamine
- Tyramine
- Normetanephrine
- Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate
- 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (dopac)
- Cortisol, LC/MS, Saliva
- Creatinine (Urine)
- Estradiol, Saliva
- Estrone, Saliva
- Progesterone, Saliva
- 3-Hydroxykynurenine
- Dopamine, Urine
- Epinephrine
- Free Cortisol Evening
- Free Cortisol Morning
- Free Cortisol Night
- Free Cortisol Waking
- Free Cortisone Evening
- Free Cortisone Morning
- Free Cortisone Night
- Free Cortisone Waking
- Melatonin Waking
- N-Methylhistamine
- Norepinephrine
- Palmitoylethanolamide
Estimated days for results: Results should arrive 8-10 business days after the lab receives samples.
8–10 business days
Before You Start
3 Days Before Collection
2 Days Before Collection
1 Day Before Collection
Day of Collection
- Read the provided test collection instructions carefully.
- Watch the test collection video.
- If you are a man, child, or non-menstruating woman, you can collect your sample at any time.
- If you are a menstruating woman,
- Regular cycles: Collect on Day 19, 20, or 21 of your cycle (where Day 1 is the first day of your period).
- Irregular cycles: Collect 5 days before your period starts.
- Unpredictable cycles: Collect any non-bleeding day.
- Talk to your healthcare provider before collection if you are taking troche or sublingual hormones or steriods.
- Collect your sample halfway between doses of these medications.
- Hormone patches
- Vaginal rings
- Hormone pellets
- Hormone injectables
3 Days Before Collection
- DO NOT use anti-aging/anti-wrinkle face creams.
- DO NOT take biotin/vitamin B7.
- DO NOT take 7-keto DHEA.
2 Days Before Collection
- Stop applying topical hormones with your bare hands. Use latex gloves, an applicator, or a hormone-loaded syringe.
- Stop applying topical hormones on your face, lips, and neck.
1 Day Before Collection
- Avoid the following foods.
- Bananas
- Pineapples
- Avocados
- Nuts
- Nut butter
- Alcohol
- Nicotine
- Protein powder
- Protein shakes
- If you use topical hormones, change your sheets, pillowcases, and hand towels the night before collection.
- DO NOT touch any surfaces that may be contaminated with topical hormones.
- Take any night oral or topical hormones at least 12 hours Before Collection.
Day of Collection
- DO NOT drink more than 8 oz of water an hour before each urine collection.
- Avoid the following activities on the day of sample collection until you have collected sample 2.
- Eating
- Drinking anything but water
- Taking medications
- Taking supplements
- Taking vitamins
- Avoid the following activities for at least 2 hours before your saliva collection.
- Eating
- Drinking anything but water
- Brushing your teeth
- Collect your saliva sample within 30 minutes of waking.
State restrictions:
Patient can't order this test if they are located in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, New Jersey, New York, or Rhode Island
