Adrenal Stress Profile
Test Details
Lab Company: ZRT Laboratory
Sample Type: Saliva
Collection Location: At Home
The Adrenal Stress Profile measures DHEA-S and diurnal cortisol to assess the effects of stress on adrenal hormone balance.
🔑 Key Details | 📦 Shipping |
⏰ Preparation & Timing | 📊 Results |
🧪 Collection Instructions | 📚 More Resources |
💳 Requisition & Payment |
💬 Questions? |
Key Details
- You can collect your samples any day of the month if you are not taking hormones.
- If you are taking hormones, you may need to collect your sample at a specific time.
- Avoid anti-aging/anti-wrinkle facial creams for at least 3 days prior to collection.
- Do not eat, drink anything but water, or brush your teeth for at least 2 hours prior to collection.
- Collect your first saliva sample upon waking.
- Freeze your sample if not shipping within 24 hours of collection.
Preparation & Timing
- You can collect your samples any day of the month if you are not taking hormones.
- Avoid sublingual DHEA for 36 hours prior to collectiion.
- If you are taking topical, oral, troche, or sublinghal hormones,
- Avoid applying topical hormones with your bare hands for at least two days prior to collection (use latex gloves, an applicator, or a hormone-loaded syringe).
- Take/apply any night dosage at least 12 hours before your planned morning collection.
- Avoid using hormones on the face, lips, and neck.
- Change sheets, pillowcases, and hand towels the night before collection.
- Avoid touching any surfaces which may be contaminated with hormones.
- If you are taking steroids, talk to your healthcare practitioner about proper timing.
- For 3 days prior to collection,
- Avoid taking 7-Keto DHEA.
- Avoid anti-aging/anti-wrinkle facial creams.
- Do not eat, drink anything but water, or brush your teeth for at least 2 hours prior to collection.
- Collect your first saliva sample upon waking.
Collection Instructions
- Collect your saliva sample within 30 minutes of waking for the day.
- Use the large tube.
- Wash your hands with soap and water.
- Use a clean towel to dry your hands.
- Rinse your mouth with water.
- Wait 5 minutes before beginning collection.
- Allow saliva to pool in your mouth and then transfer it to the tube.
- Smelling food, yawning, or pressing the tip of your tongue against your teeth can help with saliva flow.
- Fill the tube at least half full, not including bubbles.
- Collection typically takes 15-30 minutes.
- When finished, cap the tube.
- Write your name and the date and time of collection on the tube.
- Place the tube back into the bag.
- Repeat steps 2-10 using the small tubes for each of the other three collections. Follow the schedule below.
- Do not eat, drink anything but water, or brush your teeth for at least 2 hours prior to Collection 2.
- Collection 2: before lunch
- Do not eat, drink anything but water, or brush your teeth for at least 2 hours prior to Collection 3.
- Collection 3: before dinner
- Do not eat, drink anything but water, or brush your teeth for at least 2 hours prior to Collection 4.
- Collection 4: before bed
- Place the sample tubes and completed test requisition form into the test kit box.
- Place the test kit box inside the provided, prepaid return envelope.
- *NOTE* If you make a mistake collecting your sample, rinse the collection tube out with hot water and no soap, shake out the remaining water, and let air dry. Re-collect at the appropriate time the next day.
Requisition & Payment
- Your kit has been prepaid. You DO NOT need to pay anything extra.
- Instructions on how to fill out your requisition can be found HERE.
- Since you pre-paid for your tests, you do not need to fill in the payment information on any of these forms.
Shipping
- Freeze your samples if you are not shipping within 24 hours of collection.
- To prepare your samples for shipping,
- Place the sample tubes into the bag.
- Place the sample tube bag into the test kit box.
- Place the completed test requisition form into the test kit box.
- Place the test kit box into the provided, prepaid return envelope.
- Affix the prepaid label or postage.
- Make a note of your return tracking number so that you can track your sample back to the lab.
Results
- Results should be released to your provider 3-5 business days after samples are received at the lab. We cannot guarantee processing time.
- Your provider will notify you when your results are in and schedule a follow-up appointment for you to review them together.
More Resources
Questions?
For general questions, email Rupa Health at support@rupahealth.com. For test-specific questions, contact ZRT Laboratories by calling 866-600-1636 or emailing customer service at info@zrtlab.com.