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I have a question I hope somebody can answer. Last week I called IGeneX and talked to Dr. Harris requesting one of their blood testing kits. Dr. Harris told me I needed to request the test #6050 ( The complete Lyme panel) be done. I got the test kit yesterday and after reading all the info it says there are a couple of the blood tests that aren't available to New York State residents (test #6050 being one of them). Does anyone know why some of the tests aren't available to someone living in NY? I guess I will have to call IGeneX tomorrow to see what I should do now. I was really hoping that finally I was going to be tested by a reliable lab, and now this happens. Thanks, Dava
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Michelle M
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Up for any New Yorkers who might know the answer to this!
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Aniek
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I believe this has to do with New York state regulation. I recently sent a sample to a different lab that does parasite testing, and I noticed it mentioned that NY state residents could not send the sample and that the sample could not be sent from NY state.
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I just don't understand why NY would regulate against this type of blood testing. Does this mean we don't have the right to have our blood tested by a lab other than the main stream labs (that don't have a real good record of detecting lyme)? If this is the case, I wonder if it would be worth while to have IGeneX do a regular Western Blot (maybe theirs is better) to see what they would come up with? Any thoughts? Dava
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Aniek
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I did a little research. NY does their own certification of all labs in state and labs that process specimens from NY residents.
The Igenex tests that can be done for NY State residents are the ones that have been through the review process. I'm not sure if the other tests have not yet been reviewed or if NY just doesn't allow for their review.
States have a very broad right to regulate under what the courts term "police power." Health regulation often falls under police power. The right for police power can sometimes include infringing on personal rights. (I am talking about a legal right, not an ethical right).
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