Withholding Medication

Withholding medication before a test involves temporarily stopping certain medications as instructed by a healthcare provider to ensure accurate test results or prevent interactions that could affect the outcome.

These instructions should be adhered to unless advised otherwise by your doctor.

Withhold medication on the day of testing unless advised otherwise by your doctor
Take medication as normal on day before test
Withhold taking medication until after blood test (it is possible to bring medication into collection centre if preferred)
Recommended to have blood test early in morning so that medication regime is not disturbed
Minimum withholding period is 8 hours

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