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Dr. Purser Answers Your Questions About Fibromyalgia on Facebook Live!
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Enjoy this Facebook Live event when Dr. Purser answers your questions on fibromyalgia. He touches on topics including causes of fibromyalgia, fibromyalgia symptoms, how to control fibromyalgia flare ups, what supplements manage fibromyalgia best, how to start your program to manage your fibromyalgia, high in copper foods, copper metallothionein function, and much more!
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MAKE SENSE OF YOUR COPPER RESULTS
Non-ceruloplasmin copper calculator
Use your zinc, total copper, and ceruloplasmin blood results to estimate NCC and the copper:zinc ratio.
How this estimate works
This uses the formula in Dr. Purser’s handout: NCC (µg/dL) = total copper (µg/dL) − 3 × ceruloplasmin (mg/dL). NCC percentage = NCC ÷ total copper × 100. Copper:zinc ratio = total copper ÷ zinc, using the same units.
Calculated NCC is an estimate. Test methods and how much copper is bound to ceruloplasmin can affect it. It differs from a direct lab measurement of labile or exchangeable copper. It cannot diagnose fibromyalgia or copper toxicity, or choose treatment for you. Read about the limits of calculated NCC at Mayo Clinic Laboratories ↗
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