Quest & Heptimax test

[dperry10]

Well had my visit with Gastro, and he was not too concerned about HGB as long as I am getting the shots again.  He says after next lab if still dropping, he will intervene and get more, but says it may take a few wks for the up'd dose to show anything.    I asked for the Heptimax test,for my PCR,  but doc had no idea what I was talking about. the one he ordered goes down to 50.  So not sure if it was the one that JmJm tells us to get,  I even asked Quest when I was there if that was the Heptimax test..   she says I have no idea.    So.......  Then when I was leaving told me it only takes up to 48 hours to get results back on this test.  I thought it took up to 2 wks for that one ???

[FlGuy]

If it was Qwest and down to 50 it was probably a 'HVC RNA Quantitative Real Time PCR'.  That's the test that I usually get and am satisfied with its sensitivity.  Try to avoid the the 'HCV C Viral RNA Quantitative bDNA', which is sensitive down only to 615.   That one might not be sensitive enough.