LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and glucose are the major tests requiring fasting. The urine sample is to check for drug metabolites including cocaine, among other things. Routine urinalysis is not necessarily a recommended test in healthy patients for screening purposes.
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Rich
San Francisco Area
ESR'd March 2010. FIRE'd January 2011.
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