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Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin (CDT) DVLA Blood Test
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Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin (CDT) DVLA Blood Test

Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin (CDT) DVLA Blood Test

Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin (CDT) is a biomarker for heavy alcohol consumption and is used by the DVLA in its fitness-to-drive test for high risk offenders.

Is it for you?

Have you been banned from driving and want to get your license back? Are you nervous about taking the DVLA test because you don't know if you've stopped drinking long enough to pass? Has heavy drinking been a problem for you in the past and you want to prove that you have not relapsed? If you want the reassurance of knowing that you'd pass the DVLA fitness-to-drive test, then this is the test for you.
Blood sample 1 biomarker included 8 working days turnaround

£101.00

Terms and conditions apply

What's included?

Biomarker profile

  • Alcohol Consumption

Alcohol Consumption (1 Biomarker)

Special instructions

Sample must reach laboratory by Friday Noon. No Saturday or Sunday service. Must be sent via guaranteed next day delivery to the lab.
The Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin (CDT) test measures a particularly sensitive biomarker that tracks heavy alcohol consumption over an extended period of time. Transferrin is a protein which carries iron to parts of the body that need it. Drinking too much alcohol can cause an increase in certain types of transferrin which are deficient in carbohydrate. If an individual drinks steadily and heavily (4-6 units of alcohol per day) for several weeks the percentage of transferrin which is deficient in carbohydrate will rise. The longer a person drinks at this level, the higher the level of CDT.

Intermittent or binge drinking can also increase CDT levels. The extent to which this occurs is dependent on the frequency of binges and the amount of alcohol consumed on each occasion. Elevated CDT will decline with reduced alcohol consumption and will revert to normal after several weeks of abstinence.

This test has a very high level of specificity (i.e. it is not affected by other drugs or substances) and therefore it has been adopted by the Secretary of State's Honorary Medical Advisory Panel as the sole test for assessing harmful use of alcohol for high risk offenders.

Why take this test?

  • You have received a driving ban and are reapplying for your license from the DVLA
  • You want to make sure that you will pass the DVLA medical
  • You want to use this test as proof that you have stopped or reduced your alcohol consumption
  • You've been asked by your medical practitioner to take this test

3 simple steps

  • Take the test

    Take the test - either using your kit or visit a clinic.

  • Post your sample

    Send your sample in the freepost pack to our fully accredited lab.

  • Get your results

    Get your doctor reviewed results on my.medichecks.com.
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