Cortisol - urine

Injury	Disease	Nutrition	Poison

Symptoms	Surgery	Test	Special Topic

Urine sample

Female urinary tract

Male urinary tract

Overview

Risks

Results

Cortisol - urine

Alternative Names:

24-hour urinary free cortisol (UFC)

Special considerations:

Factors that interfere with this test are:

Severe emotional or physical stress
Medications, including glucocorticoids, lithium, diuretics, ketoconazole, estrogens and tricyclic antidepressants

Note: Due to these interfering factors, the urine cortisol is often tested on three or more separate occasions to get a truer picture of average cortisol production.

Review Date: 3/8/2006
Reviewed By: Robert Hurd, M.D., Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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