Metabolic Assessments and Panels
During the evaluation process at Spero Treatment Center, you will undergo any number of tests according to the particular symptoms that you are experiencing. Though everyone’s experience and testing process will be different, most will undergo a metabolic panel as the first step toward diagnosis after the initial intake evaluation.
The comprehensive metabolic panel is a standard suite of 14 blood tests which serves as an initial broad screening tool for physicians. Because it is often ordered as a routine part of an annual physical examinations or check up, over time the CMP provides an important baseline of a patient's basic physiology. Any changes or abnormal results, and in particular combination's of abnormal results, thus provides important initial data for differential diagnosis, in which case more specialized tests may be indicated. In and of itself, however, the CMP provides an important gross check on the status of kidney function, liver function, and electrolyte and fluid balance.
In addition to being used at routine physicals of healthy patients, the CMP is routinely administered to monitor the status of a patient with a chronic disease, such as diabetes or hypertension.
A basic metabolic panel is no more painful than a standard blood draw. In order to obtain the blood needed to perform a metabolic panel, a medical professional will insert a needle into your arm and remove enough blood to fill a standard syringe. This blood will then be used to obtain vital information about your physiology - and how it relates to issues of addiction.
A metabolic panel provides a detailed look at several of the most important functions of the body. Everything from kidney functions, liver functions, vital fluid balances and more can all be evaluated using the metabolic panel and assessment.
These metabolic tests can help us determine the origins of the condition as well as how much damage it has already caused the individual. For example, a metabolic test may reveal significant liver damage due to years of excessive alcohol consumption. This knowledge can help the treatment professional prioritize their actions and make sure the individuals gets the help they need where it is most urgently required.
Spero Treatment Center believes in the testing process because we understand the power of real, quantifiable results. Few treatment facilities go as in-depth with their metabolic panel testing as Spero. Why? Because we have found that the more details we have about a patient's mental and physical state - the quicker and more effectively we can treat them.
At Spero, our philosophy is to take the guess work out of addiction treatment - and the testing process administered by our expert professionals helps us integrate that philosophy into the care of our patients.
