Contact Information for Labs Is Located Below * 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 Lab Contact Information Is Listed Below * Connecticut Attorney General's Findings May 1, 2008
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 Over the years more health care professionals have stopped using the 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 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 *** 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 *** 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 *** 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 *** 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 *** 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/
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