Function HealthReviews of functionhealth.com

It’s an interesting concept but I will not be doing it again for two reasons: 1) Costs (very expensive and I tried it out through a 50% off promotion). Even with that it felt expensive. 2) sifting through the results and appointment process felt like a giant advertisement for increasingly more and often very expensive other test. Little seemed to be recommended based off of my first set of results. I like the ease of it beyond that. It gave some feedback on things I could do that I was unaware of through their AI agent. It’s very much an impersonal experience: quest staff is very much get in and get it done, apparently there’s a dr behind it but you will have to read their notes and use their ai function rather than speak to them directly. I’m okay with that but others may want more coaching from a human.

From my own research the pricing for the labs is very low compared to my doctors office. The information received via the app is directional and good to know but lacks action steps for improvement. I’m still trying to find a way to share my results with my doctor. My biggest complaint is the apoB test. If you listen to Dr Hyman’s podcast he often says it’s the most important lab test of all. However, after my mid year labs I learned that it was not included. Apparently you have to pay extra for it. If it’s the most important test shouldn’t it be included in the $365? Now I have to reschedule, fast and drive 2 hrs round trip to have it done. At this point I’ll just wait until next year!

Nonsense results. I took it all to my doctor, gave it to Claude and they were dubious. Nevertheless I took the supplements they recommended - Bo change. So I stopped paying attention. A year after signing up - with no advance warning - they charged me again. Sneaky, but that’s what untrustworthy businesses do.

The recommendations were basic and seemed to fit a specific idealized diet program that hasn’t been proven by science. Good cost for blood work but terrible review and summary. Waste of money overall.

I had a few issues in the beginning, but once the right person helped everything turned out great! I would purchase again.

The labs are great to have and seem relatively comprehensive (at least compared to what you get through a primary provider). However, the "clinician notes" have a lot of room for improvement. It is VERY clear that the "clinician notes" are not in fact written by a real clinician and are rather AI generated. I can only hope that they are reviewed and approved by a clinician but I don't have that confidence. The "clinician notes" are FAR TOO LONG AND REPETITIVE, and also lack pointing you in the proper next step direction-- sure there are some suggested lifestyle changes, but other than that it says to "discuss with your primary doctor"-- two big issues for me with that: 1) most primary doctors are not well versed in functional blood tests, 2) some results should indicate that a specialist should be the next step (e.g., in my case-- after extensive research on MY OWN END, my next best step based on my results is a preventative cardiologist). I expected a real clinician to be reviewing my personal results and providing recommendations based on them (summarized in a succinct, easy to understand way) and that's not what you get with this.

I love having all this insights however none of my doctors actual take it seriously or agree that these items need action when levels are within range or sometimes even out of range. For example, there was one hormone that was out of range and Function said it’s a concern even if you are breastfeeding and my endocrinologist say no it isn’t a concern because this hormone helps you breastfeed. What I would like to see is Function driving the conversation and giving recommendations as to what supplements I should take or next steps to dig deeper if needed vs the way they report out. Be a functional doctor type of thing - great I have data but if that data doesn’t actually amount to change….then it’s pointless.

How do you not test the exact same baseline tests mid- year? It was not made clear that you would short the number of things tested mid-year. It makes it seem pretty sketchy that I pay over 300 dollars for 2 detailed test windows and can’t compare crucial biomarkers like vitamin-D. Was not impressed, now it just seems like a money making scheme