Saliva vs Blood Hormone Tests: Which Works Best for HRT? | Bi-Est & Progesterone Tips

Progress Your Health Podcast

Saliva vs Blood Hormone Tests: Which Works Best for HRT? | Bi-Est & Progesterone Tips | PYHP 175

Jul 21 2025 | 00:26:36

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Show Notes

In this episode of the Progress Your Health Podcast, Dr. Valorie Davidson and Dr. Robert Maki dive into a question from Sabrina about the accuracy and usefulness of saliva versus blood testing for hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Is saliva testing more accurate for transdermal Bi-Est creams? Why does your estradiol look low in bloodwork but high in saliva? Does skipping your hormones before testing give a better result—or just confuse the picture? What’s a true 80/20 Bi-Est ratio, and how can you read your prescription dose properly? Why might oral progesterone make you anxious instead

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