The Enigma of Biotin Interference
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Biotin interference with lab tests
Biotin interference Underrecognized patient safety risk in laboratory testing In Western populations, dietary biotin intake is estimated to be 35 to 70 µg daily, a level in line with the recommended dietary allowance. Most multivitamin pills contain about 30 µg of biotin. High-dose...
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Sense and nonsense concerning biotin interference in laboratory tests
Sense and nonsense concerning biotin interference in laboratory tests (2020) Alena Moerman & Joris R. Delanghe ABSTRACT Introduction: Biotin supplementation (mainly OTC preparations) has gained popularity. There are concerns about biotin interference in immunoassays and potential...
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Testosterone Deficiency in Men
Optimizing Diagnostic Accuracy and Treatment Decisions in Men With Testosterone Deficiency (2021) Shalender Bhasin, MB, BS *, Noelle Ozimek, MSc Abstract Objective: This narrative review offers a guideline-based approach for optimizing diagnostic evaluation and treatment decision-making in...
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*Biotin supplements can interfere with some LH and FSH assays; therefore, these supplements should be stopped at least 3 days before the blood test depending on how much biotin the patient is taking
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Would you think 100-200mcg biotin to cause an issue in blood tests?Biotin interference with lab tests
Biotin interference Underrecognized patient safety risk in laboratory testing In Western populations, dietary biotin intake is estimated to be 35 to 70 µg daily, a level in line with the recommended dietary allowance. Most multivitamin pills contain about 30 µg of biotin. High-dose...
Sense and nonsense concerning biotin interference in laboratory tests
Sense and nonsense concerning biotin interference in laboratory tests (2020) Alena Moerman & Joris R. Delanghe ABSTRACT Introduction: Biotin supplementation (mainly OTC preparations) has gained popularity. There are concerns about biotin interference in immunoassays and potential...
Testosterone Deficiency in Men
Optimizing Diagnostic Accuracy and Treatment Decisions in Men With Testosterone Deficiency (2021) Shalender Bhasin, MB, BS *, Noelle Ozimek, MSc Abstract Objective: This narrative review offers a guideline-based approach for optimizing diagnostic evaluation and treatment decision-making in...
*Biotin supplements can interfere with some LH and FSH assays; therefore, these supplements should be stopped at least 3 days before the blood test depending on how much biotin the patient is taking
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Biotin Interference in Diagnostic Tests
Despite sobering evidence of no benefit or even possible harm, the use of vitamin and mineral supplements by adults continues to grow. It is estimated that
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Biotin Affects on Lab Work
I recently read some discussion by Chris Masterjohn about the effects of biotin on testosterone, b12 and some other levels. Has anyone looked into this? Does it really effect results to a noticeable degree? I've been getting blood work done for 7 years while taking the amount in my multi the...
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GreenMachineX
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Looks like what I'm taking then shouldn't matter if I just skip it for one day.
Biotin Interference in Diagnostic Tests
Despite sobering evidence of no benefit or even possible harm, the use of vitamin and mineral supplements by adults continues to grow. It is estimated that
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Biotin Interference with Routine Clinical Immunoassays: Understand the Causes and Mitigate the Risks
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Biotin Supplementation Interferes with Certain Blood Tests
Excess biotin in the blood from supplements can cause some. Still, not all, lab test results are either falsely increased or falsely decreased, causing healthcare practitioners to misdiagnose and mist
Biotin May Interfere With Hormone Blood Tests
Biotin supplements taken at common over-the-counter doses can interfere with the results of certain hormone assays, giving falsely high or low results that could lead to a misdiagnosis, researchers re
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Table from reference above I posted.
madman
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Sometimes all it takes is looking over the threads to find your answer.
1st thread in post #12 above.
Biotin interference with lab tests
Biotin interference Underrecognized patient safety risk in laboratory testing In Western populations, dietary biotin intake is estimated to be 35 to 70 µg daily, a level in line with the recommended dietary allowance. Most multivitamin pills contain about 30 µg of biotin. High-dose...
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It was laid out in post #2
*While the amount of usual dietary biotin intake is not expected to be high enough to affect these tests, biotin supplementation at doses greater than 1 mg per day can cause either falsely low or falsely high test results, depending on the analyte and platform used for testing.
*some multivitamin/mineral supplements have 1000+ mcg doses
*biotin supplements can easily have well over 1000+ mcg doses (300-10,000 mcg)
*many b-complex supplements can have 1000+ mcg doses
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