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My doctor requested a acth stim test on my blood req. all they did was draw blood. they didn't inject me with anything. did they do the wrong test?
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ACTH test: The purpose of the test is to see how your adrenal cortisol responds to a dose of acth. If no injection was given, then there is no response. So it sounds like the test was not done properly.
Answered 9/29/2016
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