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Should I Take My Regular Morning BP Medicine Before Or After I Have A Cardiac Stress Test?
Question: Should I take my regular morning blood pressure medicine before I have a cardiac stress test or wait until after the morning test.
Brief Answer:
Take BP medication as per regular timing.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
What BP Medicine do you take? What kind of stress test is it? Is it exercise or nuclear stress test?
Generally if there is Betablocker or calcium channel blocker type of BP medication, it should be avoided before an exercise stress test. Others can be taken as per the schedule. Your doctor would tell you about it before scheduling the stress test.
Hope I have answered your query.
Regards,
Dr. Suma Parinam
General & Family Physician
Take BP medication as per regular timing.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
What BP Medicine do you take? What kind of stress test is it? Is it exercise or nuclear stress test?
Generally if there is Betablocker or calcium channel blocker type of BP medication, it should be avoided before an exercise stress test. Others can be taken as per the schedule. Your doctor would tell you about it before scheduling the stress test.
Hope I have answered your query.
Regards,
Dr. Suma Parinam
General & Family Physician
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