[glenntaj]

--that just thrills me no end, considering the controversy about optimal vitamin D levels to begin with:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/bu...abtest.html?em

[mrsD]

You know I don't like Quest.

My doctor uses Quest, and my test results are always "different" when I have them done at the hospital!

My cholesterols are always much higher from Quest.

I am hard to draw, and the doctor's office only has one assistant who can handle me without pain and anguish so 90% of the time I go to the hospital and have it done. And when I do, the cholesterols are always lower!

It took me a while to figure this out... but I am not surprised at all by this article.

It can make one a bit paranoid you know. WHAT IF?
What if the drug industry is paying labs to report higher cholesterol levels? What if, the labs are just sloppy? All those people being convinced to use statins, who maybe don't need them?

This article does make one wonder, what else Quest is messing up?

[Kitt]

I heard about this this morning on GMA. Very interesting and certainly does make one wonder. Thank you.

[bruegger84]

i continue to take vitamin D even though the pills or geltabs are not very conducive to taking them, and although the results aren't immediately there, i find in the long run it's good to take it.

[darlindeb25]

I recevied an email from the Vitamin D Council, and it states that Quest will continue to do Vit D testing in a way that does not give you a true level. They said you must divide the level Quest gives you by 1.3, which changes my level from 35 to 26, optimum being 50. So, I will be sticking with my D.

Am I taking enough though? I take 2000IU's a day.

My insurance company only pays for Quest Labs. I wonder if enough people complain, if they will include another lab?