My LLMD recommended the test to me since my Western Blot was negative on Lyme-specific bands.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
I THINK it is... I was waiting for someone here to chime in on this.
Which bands showed up on your WB?
Posted by ram2390 (Member # 45461) on :
My IGM WB was only 18 and 41 positive. 39 IND.
IGG was 28, 39, 41, 58.
I was definitely exposed to Lyme but not sure if I have active infection , hence the Ispot Lyme test.
Posted by fvertk (Member # 48089) on :
It's not FDA approved, at least. And as far as I know, there are no studies done on the test besides by the makers themselves, Pharmasan Labs or Neuroscience. What were your results on the iSpot?
I have read that it is a VERY sensitive test with minimal false positives/negatives. This leads me into the territory of calling bull. However, a similar test was FDA approved for tuberculosis. So it's possible.
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- fvertk,
ram has not posted here in about a year so you are not likely to have a reply from them.
The CLIA is the group that is foremost in lab certification that is one to look for.
. . . Pharmasan Labs, Inc. is certified by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments program (CLIA ID# 52D0914898) and New York State Department of . . . .
Is your doctor a member of ILADS, ILADS "educated" and up to date with their recent / current presentations, etc?
It is really important, not so much to be a up front member but to attend or otherwise study all the presentations, and to have had the ILADS physician training course.
I searched at ILADS for iSPOT & for Pharmasan and no results. Also did some cross searches on the web and did not find anything where an ILADS doctor discusses it.
Normally, I would look for a prominent member of ILADS to recommend anything I would consider. Such an article might be out there but I have to stop looking now. You might give ILADS a call and ask how you could find out more about their thoughts on the iSPOT.
BETTER HEALTH GUY - a very much LL writer of high regard in his reviews of conferences, etc.
Testing - Lyme & other tick borne infections
Updated: 06 May 2016
#15. iSPOT, but he's not reviewed it yet -
Posted by fvertk (Member # 48089) on :
I'm with you Keebler. It looks promising, but there is SO little information on it. Which is strange, with its claims you would think it would be causing a level of excitement. As I said in another thread, my lyme doctor trusts it completely, but I think that's a bit premature given how little data it has supporting it at the moment. It's merely an interesting, hopeful experiment at best.