Hormone profile — Mitra microsample

Clinical utility

Chronic opioid therapy suppresses both the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal and hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axes. Opioid-induced adrenal insufficiency and opioid-induced androgen deficiency are recognized entities, and their symptoms overlap with what pain patients report regardless. Available from the second Mitra tip in the same collection kit, so no additional collection event is required.