Estrogen Elite Profile
Test Details
Lab Company: ZRT Laboratory
Sample Type: Urine
Collection Location: At Home
The Estrogen Elite Profile measures a variety of sex hormones and metabolites to analyze hormone metabolism.
🔑 Key Details | 📦 Shipping |
⏰ Preparation & Timing | 📊 Results |
🧪 Collection Instructions | 📚 More Resources |
💳 Requisition & Payment |
💬 Questions? |
Key Details
- If you are a man, child, or non-menstruating woman, you can collect your sample any day.
- If you are a menstruating woman, you must collect at a specific time in your cycle.
- Avoid vaginal hormones for at least 3 days prior to urine collection.
- Consult your healthcare practitioner regarding timing if you take steroids.
Preparation & Timing
- If you are a man, child, or non-menstruating woman, you can collect on any day of the month.
- If you are a menstruating woman,
- Regular cycle: Collect on Day 19, 20, or 21 of your cycle.
- Day 1 is the first day of your period.
- Irregular cycle: Collect 5 days before your period will start.
- Unpredictable cycle: Collect any day when not bleeding.
- Avoid vaginal hormones for at least 3 days prior to urine collection.
- If you take steroids, consult your healthcare practitioner regarding timing.
- If you take hormones in the morning, take them after your first morning collection.
- If you take hormones in the evening, take them after your final collection.
- Do not eat, drink anything but water, or take vitamins, supplements, or medications until after the first urine collection.
- Follow the directions of your healthcare practitioner regarding medications and supplements.
- Do not drink more than 8 oz of water in the hour prior to each collection.
Collection Instructions
Collection Timing
- Sample 1: Immediately upon waking.
- Collect prior to eating, drinking anything but water, and taking medications, supplements (including hormones), or vitamins.
- If you take hormones in the morning, take your dose after this first collection.
- Sample 2: Collect your second urination of the day (about 2 hours after the first collection).
- Limit fluid intake to 8 oz in the hour before collection.
- Sample 3: Collect just before dinner.
- Limit fluid intake to 8 oz in the hour before collection.
- Sample 4: Collect just before bedtime.
- Limit fluid intake to 8 oz in the hour before collection.
- If you take hormones at night, take your dose after this final collection.
- You may resume vaginal hormones after collecting sample 4.
- *NOTE* If you miss a collection, collect the sample at the designated time the following day.
Collection Instructions
- Write your name and the date and time of collection on a collection card.
- Open the cover on the collection card by folding it back, away from the filter paper.
- Do NOT touch the filter paper.
- Collect your urine in a clean cup.
- Dip the filter paper in the urine up to the top black dash line.
- Make sure the paper is fully saturated.
- *NOTE* You can also saturate the filter paper by urinating directly onto it.
- Hang or tape the collection card in a secure place to dry.
- Do NOT let anything touch the filter paper.
- Let the card dry for at least 6 hours.
- Repeat steps 1-7 for each of the four collections.
- Once the cards are completely dry, refold them.
- Place the cards into the baggie.
- Seal the baggie.
- Place the baggie and the completed test requisition form back into the test kit box.
- Place the test kit box into the provided, prepaid envelope.
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
- To prepare your samples for shipping,
- Place the COMPLETELY DRY, folded sample cards into the baggie and seal.
- Place the baggie 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 envelope.
- Attach the provided prepaid label.
- Make a note of the tracking number so that you can track your samples 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 by calling 866-600-1636 or emailing customer support at info@zrtlab.com.