Do NOT Depend on the Standard Lab Tests!
Chances Are They Are Wrong!
Approximately $500 MILLION dollars is spent on the
3.4 MILLION Lyme tests performed in the USA each year.
What a huge waste of money!
According to a study from Johns Hopkins, Lyme tests miss approximately 75% of the patients who have Lyme disease. Other sources determined the percentage of people missed could be as high as 90%. Unfortunately, in some states these tests still generate $3 million dollars for stake holders each year.
Having a false negative Lyme test is a disadvantage in several ways.
1. Your health care professional may not realize you could still have Lyme disease and not treat you as a result.
2. False negative tests can cause a delay in obtaining a proper diagnosis. Not receiving proper treatment in the early stages allows a complex infectious organism to spread throughout your body, making your condition worse and allowing it to advance to later stages. This, in turn, makes Lyme disease more difficult and expensive to treat.
3. You may be improperly diagnosed with fibromyalgia, CFS, MS, Parkinson's, ALS, ADD, depression and other disorders when in fact Lyme disease is the underlying culprit.
4. Having a negative test provides the insurer another reason to deny your medications and any further testing or treatment for Lyme disease.
Johns Hopkins Lyme Test Study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1248466/pdf/0742-05.pdf
Over the years more health care professionals have stopped using these standard "insurance approved" tests and are sending blood samples to labs that specialize in tick borne disease testing. If you would like to use a specialty lab to aid in the diagnostic process, you can have a test kit sent to you upon request. For more information please contact:
IGeneX, Inc.
795 San Antonio Rd
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: 1-800-832-3200 Toll free
Fax: 1-650-424-1196
Connecticut Attorney General's Findings
May 1, 2008
"The IDSA's 2006 Lyme disease guideline panel undercut its credibility by allowing individuals with financial interests -- in drug companies, Lyme disease diagnostic tests, patents and consulting arrangements with insurance companies -- to exclude divergent medical evidence and opinion."
Difficulty Affording Lyme Testing?
The Lyme Test Access Program (Lyme-TAP) is a nationwide patient assistance program offered by Ferndale Foundation in coordination with the Lyme Patients Assistance Group to provide assistance for initial Lyme-related lab tests to patients who demonstrate true financial need. Please click here for more information.
A false negative Lyme test is a disadvantage in several ways.
1. Your health care professional may not realize you could still have Lyme disease and not treat you as a result.
2. False negative tests can cause a delay in obtaining a proper diagnosis. Not receiving proper treatment in the early stages allows a complex infectious organism to spread throughout your body, making your condition worse and allowing it to advance to later stages. This, in turn, makes Lyme disease more difficult and expensive to treat.
3. You may be improperly diagnosed with fibromyalgia, CFS, MS, Parkinson's, ALS, ADD, depression and other disorders when in fact Lyme disease is the underlying culprit.
4. Having a negative test provides the insurer another reason to deny your medications and any further testing or treatment for Lyme disease.
Johns Hopkins Lyme Test Study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1248466/pdf/0742-05.pdf
Lab Contact Information
Lyme & Tick Borne Disease Testing
795 San Antonio Rd
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: 1-800-832-3200 Toll free
Fax: 1-650-424-1196
Adrenal testing
Phone 619-223-7074
Detox profile, hair testing
Phone 800-522-4762
Allergy, hormone testing
Phone 425-271-8689
Ion, urine testing
Phone 800-221-4640
Tick borne diseases
Phone 866-927-8075
Lyme Culture Tests
855-238-4949
Liver Enzymes, MTHFR, etc.
3101 Western Ave., Ste. 100, Seattle, WA 98121
800-TEST-DNA (800-837-8362) or 800-523-3080
Australian Biologics Testing Services
Lyme Testing & Food Intolerance
(Outside Australia- See time restrictions for shipping samples.)
Suite 605, 6th Floor
379-383 Pitt Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000
Ph:(02) 9283 0807
Fx:(02) 9283 0910
www.australianbiologics.com.au
ABN: 83 057 347 387
Laboratories Testing Ticks for Pathogens
IGeneX, Inc.
795 San Antonio Rd
Palo Alto, CA 94303
(800) 832-3200
Up to 20 ticks per batch
Multiple Tests- Each Test You Order Is $68.00
Lyme Disease (B. burgdorferi)
Babesiosis (B microti and/or B duncani)
Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia)
Bartonella henselae
Rickettsia
Relapsing Fever
More Information & Form
http://www.igenex.com/files/ticktest.pdf
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Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
61 North Eagleville Road
Unit 3203 Storrs, CT 06269-3203
Phone: 860-486-3738
Fax: 860-486-2737
Deer Tick: 1-Panel PCR- Borrelia burgdorferi - $50.00
4-Panel PCR (Human Host) - Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia microti, Borrelia miyamotoi - $120.00
3-Panel PCR (Non-Human Host) - Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Borrelia miyamotoi - $100.00
Dog Tick: 3-Panel PCR (Any Host) - Francisella tularensis, Rickettsia rickettsii, Ehrlichia species - $100.00
Lonestar Tick: 3-Panel PCR (Any Host) - Francisella tularensis, Ehrlichia species, Borrelia lonestari - $100.00
Brown Dog Tick: (Non-Canine Host) - Rickettsia rickettsii - $50.00
2-Panel PCR (Canine Host) - Rickettsia rickettsii, Ehrlichia species - $80.00
More Information & Forms
http://cvmdl.uconn.edu/forms/ACCDOC007%20Tick%20Submission%20Form%20fillable%2012716.pdf
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Analytical Services, Inc.
Tick Testing
130 Allen Brook Lane
Williston, VT 05495
(800) 723-4432
Lyme Disease (Borrelia burgdorferi) ONLY- $65 per tick
More Information & Forms http://www.analyticalservices.com/tick-testing.html
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Connecticut Pathology Laboratories
1320 Main St., Ste 24
Willimantic, CT 06226
(860) 450-1823
Individual Test (Borrelia, Anaplasma, or Babesia): $50.00
2-Test Panel (Borrelia and Anaplasma, Anaplasma and Babesia, Borrelia and Babesia): $80.00
3-Test Panel (Borrelia, Anaplasma, and Babesia): $100.00
Call number above for forms and instructions
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Imugen
315 Norwood Park South
Norwood, MA 02062
(800) 246-8436
DEER TICKS ONLY
$75.00 for B. burgdorferi (Lyme Disease spirochete)
$75.00 for B. microti (Babesia parasite)
$98.00 for both B. burgdorferi and B. microti
More Information & Forms
http://www.imugen.com/tick_testing.html
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Clongen Laboratories
211 Perry Pkwy #6
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
(301) 916-0173
Multiple Organisms
Individual test (see list at website) – $75 two or more tests – $65 each except viruses. ColtiVirus: $195, Heartland Virus: $195, Powassan Virus: $195. All three viruses: $500
More Information & Forms
https://www.clongen.com/clinical-diagnostics-services/tick-testing-information/
