Biotin supplementation can interfere with and skew blood test results, potentially affecting thyroid values. — Whalespan
Biotin supplementation can interfere with and skew blood test results, potentially affecting thyroid values.
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“There's some basic stuff that really messes up readings, but um yeah, like in general, if you're not getting liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry, it's like the highest sensitivity of testing you can get for total testosterone and free testosterone.”
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“I think biotin is the main thing and I think it skews if I recall correctly thyroid values pretty dramatically as well so if you're taking a Biotin supplement it's worth noting you should discontinue you should stop it periodically before you take a blood test for you know I would say at least a few days if not a week probably before your test just in case”