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How will drinking alcohol during a 24 hr cortisol urine test affect the results? could it yield a higher or lower cortisol result with 5 drinks?
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Results can vary: If he is a chronic alcoholic the results could be minimal If the person is an acute alcolic the cartisol could be higher
Answered 9/19/2016
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24 hour cortisol: If chronic alcoholic, test will not be affected much but if drinking alcohol acutely test may be falsely elevated.
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