Long Distance and International Clients
Those who live at a great distance may arrange a formal telephone consultation. Dr. Lindner
cannot order insurance-covered tests without a telephone consult or office visit. He can
prescribe hormones only after an office visit. See
Testing for the lab tests that he usually wants
to see. You can obtain these on your own or with the help of your local physician. Doctors will
only order tests that they believe are necessary, so if you decide to ask your local physician to
order tests, be sure to discuss your symptoms with him/her so that the doctor may agree that
the tests are medically indicated. Your doctor will be unfamiliar with saliva cortisol testing, so
you'll probably have to order that yourself. The saliva cortisol profile is important if you have
fatigue, anxiety, pain, allergies, autoimmune disease, or depression.

Phone Consultation
Send copies of lab tests, the completed forms, a digital photo of yourself, and any other relevant
medical information to Dr. Lindner's office: either by e-mail, mail, or fax. The best e-mail
attachment is a single .pdf (Acrobat) file that contains the completed forms and lab results.
Then call the office to arrange a phone consult. After the phone consult, Dr. Lindner will send
you a copy of his notes including recommendations. As per the contract, the call would be $5
per minute, plus post-call documentation time charged at the same rate.

If your local doctor is willing to prescribe hormones for you, then either you or your doctor may
consult with Dr. Lindner by phone a second time. Dr. Lindner cannot, however, provide ongoing
dosing management advice to anyone who has not established a full doctor-patient
relationship by having an office consultation.
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