1. Do not take Heart and/or Blood Pressure medication morning of test
2. Fast 4 hours prior, may have water during those 4 hours.
3. No Caffeine 24 hours prior
4. No Nicotine 12 hours prior
5. No Nitroglyceriene 12 hours prior (if you wear a patch remove and wipe area)
6. No medication containing Theophylline or Dipyridamole 24 hours prior
7. Notify Technologist if you maybe pregnant or nursing.
8. No other imaging tests involving Barium 48 Hours prior.

 

Chocolate Candy                      Baking Chocolates                     Chocolate Pudding

Cafergot (all forms)                   Fiorinal (all forms)                      Synalgos-DC

Esgic (all forms)                        Norgesic                                    Wigraine (all forms)

Anacin             Excedrin          No Doz

Aggrenox       Persantine/Dipyridamole

Aerolate                                    Slo-Phylline                              Theochron

Aminophylline                            Slo-Phylline Gyrocaps              Theoclear L.A.

Bronkodyl                                 Sustaire                                    Theodur Spinkle

Respbid                                     Theo-24                                   TheoX

Slo-bid                                      Theobid                                    Trental

Slobid Gyrocaps                        Theobid Duracap                      Uniphyl