Saliva Steroid LCMS Profile 23

Description

Saliva Steroid LCMS Profile 23

A highly detailed salivary hormone test that uses sensitive LC-MS/MS technology to quantify 23 different steroid hormones and metabolites.

What does this test measure?

It covers a broad range of hormones:

• Multiple estrogens (E1, E2, E3, plus estrogen metabolites)
• Progesterone and its metabolites (allopregnanolone, 17-OH progesterone, etc.)
• Androgens (testosterone, DHT, DHEA-S, androstenedione)
• Adrenal steroids (cortisol and cortisol metabolites, cortisone, 11-deoxycortisol)
• Aldosterone and melatonin

Who is this test most suitable for?

• Patients on hormone replacement therapy (monitoring)
• Athletes/bodybuilders (monitoring steroid use effects)
• Individuals with high stress or chronic illness affecting hormones

Clinical Use

This profile provides an in-depth hormonal landscape, useful for complex endocrine disorders or fine-tuning bioidentical hormone therapies. By measuring many intermediate metabolites, it helps identify specific enzyme pathway issues (e.g., 5-alpha reductase activity) or unusual hormone excesses/deficiencies that simpler panels might miss. It’s often employed in difficult cases of hormone-related symptoms or when prior tests are inconclusive.