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How much can the birth control pill elevate cortisol on blood work? how hyatt could you expect it to be? 30s, 40s?
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Varies: If you are being tested for Cushing’s disease and are taking birth control then your doctor may prefer to do a urine cortisol collection. This gets around the problem of Estrogen increasing free Cortisol in the blood. Alternatively your doctor may stop your birth control for about 4-6 weeks to get an accurate Cortisol level. Management decisions should be handled individually.
Answered 9/11/2016
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