Search results for query: Igenex

...false negatives( 5-8x lower) - so a positive result is much more diagnostic - tests can also be combined for a better evaluation - eg WB, LTT, CD57+ i dont know where in the world you are - Igenex in the USA and Armin labs in Europe are the most respected private Tick borne disease testing labs

What qualifies something? Validated by whom? All good questions. I don't know the answers, but neither does Igenex or IDSA or whoever. These things are controversial for good reason. Controversy usually exists when there's not a clear answer. There is little controversy I'm aware of that x-rays...

https://forums.phoenixrising.me/threads/study-finds-igenex-has-a-57-5-false-positive-rate-im-horrified.49417/ BTW the thread also has igenex responze as well as another study on them. Honestly the ground has already been gone over so I think maybe I have nothing more to say. People in that...

...I can come back to it later but I still don't think I would understand the problem either way. They use healthy controls and give them the igenex tests and they have many positives. I think the study design is simple. Unless you think the healthy controls aren't healthy. But lyme isn't...

...I didn't mean to attack any individual for disagreeing. But I am frustrated by the idea that people are assuming that because I'm critical of igenex I'm naive about how political the scientific process can be and that I somehow agree with the establishment. So I got annoyed at that. Is it...

...I don't really feel like any of the points you are making would personally make me comfortable with using igenex. Just bc other labs aren't perfect doesn't make their blatant fraud acceptable. But the study is there, and it's your choice. I want people to be informed on this. Maybe it...

...too have their odd motivations and conflict of interest. Also, even accepted labs like labcorp may fail under the same scrutiny when given igenex . Read a study once that i believe is quest repeats trsting like in a chem panel because they will often get wildly different results, so...

I don't see how one case can disprove a larger study , even if that is interesting. The larger study did tbe same thing but with more than one test. They found a significant false positive rate but it wasn't 100 percent, so having some people get correct test results doesn't prove that wrong...

@frozenborderline @hapl808 When i first heard of igenex years ago, those were exactly my concerns. I figured everyome would cone back positive cause it was what people eanted to hear etc So i had a western blot done there a little but after doing one at a local lab. The result cane back...

Lyme is serious stuff but igenex is total bs. I'm really not trying to start any major argument here but just look up fallons research on it. He found high false positive rates and they aren't very transparent. I think it's a scam taking advantage of people with a disease doctors don't...

@Garz and others... finally got the result of my IgeneX Lyme and Bartonella immunoblot results. Took 3 weeks. For bartonella, everything was negative, igg and igm For lyme, all igM was negative For Lyme IgG, it's mostly negative but....leaves one head scratching. Band 41 is positive. Two...

...ahead with both immunoblots assuming the doc doesn't balk at the script i asked him to write. I had read a bunch that made me think those from igenex would be my best bet given i can't take them all. I had seen galaxy but the process is harder- iGenex makes it easy i can just get a script and...

the igenex bartonella multispecies immunoblot is one of the better serological tests out there - and since it looks for antibodies to many more antigens from different bartonella species than a single antigen test it is probably worth the money but - all of these stealth pathogens - just due...

...thanks. and look forward to reading your post. Does that mean test i was about to do is useless? i was going to have a go next week with IgeneX test for bartonella immunoblot IgM and IgG editied to add: also was planning on doing the lyme immunoblot igm, igg also at same time. edited again...

...antivirals, etc. Stanford's antiviral research seemed amazing, until it didn't. Lyme is the same. Are you talking Western Blot lyme, or Igenex lyme? And what about post-lyme? There is a lot of disagreement and controversy, but I've tried doxycycline, Buhner herbs, various protocols, etc. Did...

...converntional lab for antibodies? If not, try a conventional one. Ive never had saliva test for herpes viruses, pcr or otherwise, m; wil look in to it Getting closer to some igenex tests for lyme and co infections but on urine because its too hard for me right now to. Manage any...

I haven't done any testing other than the standard PC doctor's office testing but I'm in several Lyme groups on FB. Igenex comes up a lot in discussions. I think someone even mentioned that a chiropractor can order them. There was another one someone mentioned recently but I can't find it...

...Lyme As far as lyme goes, your're right it is hard to test for but not as hard as a lot of latent viral infections people here tend to chase. IgeneX and galaxy have arguably the most accurate tests in the world - I also feel that Vibrant wellness has a very accurate test. I know about half a...

I've had IGENEX lyme testing and heavy metal testing, both negative. I have no amalgams and have never eaten lots of high on the food chain fish. No known heavy metal exposure. I think most people would show up with something on a urinary heavy metal challenge test though, we live in a toxic...

@Swim15 - who is this amazing doc???

Is there any data on the titers of sick patients anywhere?

...about it. But this doesn't mean we should throw out scientific standards and let private expensive quack laboratories and doctors prey on us. igenex has shown in no way that their test is superior to the CDC standard , and at least one well done study has shown that it is far worse. The...

...lab would pick up. I'm not against all private labs but there seems to be a lack of validation and regulation of them in many cases. Like igenex are just total frauds when it comes to lyme testing. And great plains urine mycotoxin testing is totally invalidated and meaningless. This...

That's the point though, the devil is often in the details and peer review is meant to address this. If their new test is so good, publish an article and get it through peer review.

https://igenex.com/wp-content/uploads/next-generation-lyme-disease-testing-igenex-2019.pdf I suppose one could criticize this presentation for including information that is not published and peer-reviewed. But if I was sick and suspected Lyme Disease, I'd want to get these tests.

...this assumption, then the waters are muddied considerably. So you're correct in a sense depending on a few things. What people can criticize Igenex for is using alternate testing criteria with no scientifically publishable findings backing this decision. Why did they choose to use alternate...

...in June and she diagnosed me with babesia in 5min from hearing my symptoms. She uses much a better lab than most docs (vibrant wellness or Igenex) and in July a tick borne diaease panel came back positive for 4 strains of lyme, bartonella, babesia, toxoplasmosis, and tick borne relapsing...

There are currently three FDA-approved Lyme diagnostics: ELISA, Western Blot, and C6 (which is a sort of ELISA on steroids.lol) Then you have to factor in the algorithm for determining the threshold for positivity. that was decided almost 30 years ago in Dearborn Michigan, and the tailspinning...

What are the CDC tests?

What do you mean by that, and how do you know I haven't looked into it? I looked into igenex and even the most chronic lyme believing researchers like Fallon, think its bunk and they show their work pretty well. I believe the truth could be yetuncovered, I dont think this is a closed case, but...