Home Access testing, FTC warning?

Question

Being a nervous mess since my possible exposure and feeling what I've read to be symptoms, I took the Home Access test at 7,11,14, and 19 weeks.  These tests all came back negative.  The consoleur and posting questions here, assured me that my tests were pretty much conclusive and my symptoms mean nothing.  Anyways, I called the CDC to get some info on home access testing and they told me that the FTC has issued a warning about "home testing".  The warning was given concerning that accuracy of the "Home test" because of the possible errors that can arise and the occasions that the test wasn't accurate.  

Now you may notice that I put "home test" in quotes.  That's because that was how the CDC conselor said it to me.  I then raced on the internet to see if such warning was indeed concerning the "Home access" test on the FTC website.  I could not find anything except a warning from 1999 concerning non FDA approved test. 

I called the CDC again today just to clarify that I couldn't find the warning.  The conselor reiterated that though the test is FDA approved, that the FTC has issued a warning concerning home testing accuracy--home testing being the Home Access test.  

Basically what I'm trying to get at is... 

1.  Should I even consider trusting my results, my lasted being 19 weeks, considering my symptoms
           -- lots of gas (farting), burping
           -- hunger pains
           --had a stiff neck for a month
           --some back pain 
           --no temperature
           --slight constipation

2.  How, if there are FTC warnings, could this product be availble if questions concerning the accuracy are raised?  I mean honestly, something like HIV testing really shouldn't be a second guessing sort of thing.


For those reading this and those that have used a Home Access test, I'm not trying to scare you.  However, I know that it's too late.  Just thought that it isn't right that information isn't availible that concerns matters of this nature.  

Any thoughts would be great

brick22 · Answer

sorry about that, the page didn't have a scroll,  didn't see the bottom at first.

txlonly29 · Answer

look at the very bottom. Last modified April 2009. This claim by the FTC is still valid. Home access test are completely accurate and reliable.

brick22 · Answer

the link you posted is from june 1999, check the bottom right of the page

txlonly29 · Answer

The home access it test is completely reliable and accurate outside of the window period. If there was any problems this test would be removed from the market immediatly. There is no need to worry. The counselor you were talking to must have been confused. The link I posted is from this year.

brick22 · Answer

I can only hope for my sake, that the CDC hires idiots for their counselors who can't read

brick22 · Answer

my only hope is that the lady at the cdc was perhaps not reading the warning correctly. However, any educated person reading the warning can clearly see that "Home Access" is no where stated in the warning as the test in question. In fact, the warning states that only the "Home Access" and lab/doctor testing are the only reliable tests to be taken....

brick22 · Answer

that's what i thought.

that's also why I made the second phone call to the cdc so that I could make sure that it just wasn't "home testing" that it was actually the "Home Access" test itself.  The operater said "yes, it pretains to the test that is fda approved".   So that's why I wrote this post and now I'm back in panic mode.

txlonly29 · Answer

you are getting "home testing" and "home collection" test mixed up. There is no warning against the home access test. This is fully approved by the FDA and the CDC.

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt045.shtm