CSF testing!! whats going on ???

[denise61]

I just was reading over the CSF report and it states that the test was not performed using a kit that has  been cleared or approved by the FDA. whas going on here?

[denise61]

Hi Guys, Thanks for the help!!

what a poopeeeeeeee test!! its been 2 years so iam due again. Have a great day!!

Denise  

[Momzilla]

Oh, that makes sense.  I can't imagine any hospital or testing facility could get away with using techniques on a patient that were not FDA approved.

Thanks so much for the info!  As always!

Zilla*

[biowham]

It's not a test they did on you, it's a test they did on the fluid they took out of you that the FDA has not approved as specifically diagnostic. In other words, the FDA hasn't OK'd saying that the results of that specific test are meaningful in diagnosing disease. One test of CSF (fluid from the spinal tap) that comes with that caveat is a measure of the myelin basic protein (MBP). All lumbar puncture reports say that.

Bio

[denise61]

HI, Thanks for responding... the test was Quest Nichols Institute,

ya, I dont no why this test says that.

Denise61

[denise61]

Hi, the csf test
says normal!!!  Yes i will ask my  DR. I am do for a nother one. Jan ,06 was the last one.

Thank You, Denise 61

[hbananas]

My CSF report had something like that in the Lyme Disease test section--that it was some sort of Mayo patented thing that wasn't blessed by the FDA--let me dig it up

LYMES PCR  NEGATIVE
This test was developed and its performance characteristics determined by Mayo Medical Laboratories.  It has not been cleared or approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.

Is this anything like what yours said?

Holly

[Momzilla]

I asked because we just heard of a newer way to test CSF, but I'm SURE it would have been approved by the FDA.  Maybe.

I wouldn;t get too alarmed.  But I would ask your doc about it when you see him/her. Or call the place where it was done, better yet.

Maybe Quix will know what's up.

How were your results?

Zilla*

[denise61]

YES!!  order for MS.

[Momzilla]

Hmmmm.  Was it for your lumbar puncture?

Z*