Stress Test
- Wear Comfortable exercise clothes and shoes to perform activity (NO underwire bras/lotions)
- Light snacks 1 hour before test (NO snack if having blood draw)
- NO caffeine, smoking or exercise prior test Medications ~ See List Have inhalers if appropriate
Medications:
ALL Beta Blockers including:
- Acebutolol hydrochloride (Sectral),
- Atenolol (Tenormin),
- Betaxolol (Kerlone),
- Bisoprolol (Zebeta),
- Carteolol (Ocupress),
- Carvedilol (Coreg),
- Esmolol (Brevibloc),
- Labetalol (such as Normodyne or Trandate),
- Metoprolol (such as Lopressor or Toprol XL),
- Nadolol (Corgard),
- Penbutolol sulfate (Levatol),
- Pindolol (Visken),
- Propranolol (Inderal), Sotalol (Betapace AF), Timolol (Blocadren) need to be DISCONTINUED the morning of the test.
Diabetic medications (oral) including: Chlorpropamide, Tolazamide, Tolbutamide, Gliclazide, Glimepiride, Glipizide, Glyburide, Rosiglitazone, Metformin, Pioglitazone, Nateglininde, and Repaglininde need to be DISCONTINUED the morning of the test. Insulin needs to be cut in half. Insulin pumps should be DISCONTINUED.
