At home finger prick bloods?

[Brockalee23]

Has anyone seen this letsgegchecked.com. I guess it’s at home finger prick collection than displays the information directly in an app. Do you think it could actually be accurate? Has hormone panels. I think it’s legal in banned states which is what interests me...probly bullshit right

 

[MindlessWork]

Hmm I am wondering myself how accurate these finger prick tests are anyway and if they can be a substitute for getting to a lab for a blood draw as I am out in the sticks of NH.

These may just be a quick and dirty way to see your values.

 

[MindlessWork]

Those saliva only tests sound like bullshit as well.

 

[Brockalee23]

Yea maybe it would be good to just get your T levels checked but the full test was like $160 or something and still super incomprehensive. I saw that documentary on hbo where the chick was trying to make machines that ran on those finger prick things for like rite aid or something and it failed miserably too. I dunno if that’s an indication of where this is going in the future or not.

 

[ThyNoah]

I mean it seems like you pay for which panel you want tests on, they send you a kit at home for you to collect some blood and you send the blood back so they can test it in their lab and THEN get the information/results on your Phone App.

Doesn’t seem out of the ordinary but I rather just go get bloods drawn, I live in NJ and I can’t use PrivateMD either or any of that, luckily I found a doctor that pretty much knows of my usage and he pretty much keeps me healthy during and off cycle. The majority of the time I just call the office asking if he could write up the script for the bloods and I go to the lab etc

 

[MindlessWork]

I mean it seems like you pay for which panel you want tests on, they send you a kit at home for you to collect some blood and you send the blood back so they can test it in their lab and THEN get the information/results on your Phone App.

Doesn’t seem out of the ordinary but I rather just go get bloods drawn, I live in NJ and I can’t use PrivateMD either or any of that, luckily I found a doctor that pretty much knows of my usage and he pretty much keeps me healthy during and off cycle. The majority of the time I just call the office asking if he could write up the script for the bloods and I go to the lab etc

That's a good thing if you are lucky to get a good doc like that especially if you live in a banned state. But just to get a simple idea where your T level or even your lipids are these are useful and I am sure the fingerprick tests can be sold to people in those banned states or simply too far away from a lab.

 

[MindlessWork]

Yea maybe it would be good to just get your T levels checked but the full test was like $160 or something and still super incomprehensive. I saw that documentary on hbo where the chick was trying to make machines that ran on those finger prick things for like rite aid or something and it failed miserably too. I dunno if that’s an indication of where this is going in the future or not.

I do think the quality of results from these tests will improve as new technologies and processes that can get results almost as accurate as a regular blood draw and quicker. These then can be a good alternative to full blood draws.

 

[brownbro]

I’ve used an online finger prick blood test in UK but rather than using multiple finger pricks to produce the blood required like instructed, I just IV’d out a mill of fresh blood from the vein and brimmed the sample tube.

Results where consistent with an official NHS IV blood test I had a month later while still on same meds.

 

[Revilo2016]

I personally believe they're okay. I've used a couple of at home finger prick test kits and also a few blood draws at a surgery as well. Judging by the results I've gotten from a blood draw at a surgery I'd say the finger prick test kits are fairly accurate.

 

[JonDoh]

I’ve used the letsgetchecked at home test recently. Only because they ran a sale around Christmas. It was alright, pretty basic really. My free androgen panel was unavailable for some reason but the test, shbg and estro seemed accurate. All in all it was good for a quick check without having to go to a Dr.

 

[JonDoh]

Also, the test results are capped at 1500. I’m currently running 200mg p/w of Prissy’s T400 and my result came back >1500. Was kinda bummed cuz I’d like to know the actual number.

 

[Senorman]

. I saw that documentary on hbo where the chick was trying to make machines that ran on those finger prick things for like rite aid or something and it failed miserably too.

Theranos. What a hell of a scam Elizabeth Holmes pulled off for many years.

Theranos - Wikipedia

 

[gainzoclock]

Also, the test results are capped at 1500. I’m currently running 200mg p/w of Prissy’s T400 and my result came back >1500. Was kinda bummed cuz I’d like to know the actual number.

Damn, you're pinning T400?

 

[zepp]

Capillary samples aren't as accurate as a venous draw. You will almost always get hemolysis no matter how well the blood is flowing. You will get exudate fluid mixed in with the plasma or serum if it's a clot tube.

It would be easy to draw venous with a butterfly needle attached to a green top sodium heprine gel tube, yellow top gel tube, or a redtop non-additive tube and let it clot so you can pipette the serum off into a transfer tube.

Microtainer tubes for finger sticks force you to work with small volumes, the smaller the volume of plasma or serum the more things like hemolysis and exudate will throw off measurements.
The analyzers also have to be dead on with the smaller sample volume, if there's any extra protein on the analyzer sample probe it will throw off measurements.

For pediatrics you're forced to use capillary samples, but no one that works in a lab will tell you they're all that accurate, they're often crap samples that have to be handled very carefully as it's usually one and done testing, you don't get to repeat the test if it's off, you just add a note stating it's a pediatric sample, hemolyzed, micro clotted, and hope the doctor doesn't want a redraw pissing off the mom.

And the above guy brought up Theranos. I knew for years that this was a scam, microtainers simply can't carry out the sort of panel testing she was claiming, it was bullshit and I told my peers that didn't catch on, when she was finally busted I felt like Nostradamus. Her trial begins in a few months, lets see what they do on this.