Lemons2lemonade Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Anyone know, and are doctors willing to do them, not at vanderbilt and mayo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jangle Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 I'll talk to my doctor tomorrow about this. Be careful, there is a routine test for ACE which is used for heart disease patients, but that's not what we want. We want the ACE2/angiotensin2 test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopeSprings Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 I'm looking at my test right now and it just says "angiotensin II" - I was tested in 2007 at Quest Diagnostics. You can check the website of whatever lab you want and see if they run the tests you're interested in. Any willing Dr. can order the test. I would be very interested in the NO test myself- that's one I haven't done yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sue1234 Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 If money isn't an issue, anyone can order their own lab tests. I've been ordering some off and on for probably 5-6 years. I began when I was curious about all my FT3 and FT4 thyroid labs, as back then none of my regular doctors would order them, just the TSH. Ten years ago the holistic doctors I saw would order them, but everything I spent with them was expensive and out-of-pocket. So, I got to where when I wanted to know what value I had for something that a regular doctor would not order, I would pay for it. Unless, of course, it was a couple of hundred dollars, then I would pass on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopeSprings Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Really? You don't need a prescription from a Dr. to get a blood test? (not that i have the money for this, but still just curious). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sue1234 Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Nope. I use two different online labs, and they have very extensive lists of labs for ordering. If they don't have something on their list(rare), you can call them up and as long as it IS on the Labcorp list, they can get it for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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