CORT · Cortisol
Morning cortisol
An adrenal hormone, highest in the morning.
- Sample
- Blood draw
- Tube
- Serum gel tube (gold cap) · gel séparateur · 0.5 mL
- Usual turnaround
- 24 h
- Price
- 1 600 DA Indicative prices, in dinars; the final amount is on your invoice.
- Nomenclature code
- B-044
How to prepare
- Sample in the morning, before 09:00.
- Rest quietly for fifteen minutes before the draw.
What can influence it
The time of the draw, some medicines, recent exercise or illness.
Questions to ask your doctor
What does this result mean for me? Should it be repeated, and when? Should anything change in my treatment?
Your doctor will interpret the result with your history.