Should medication be taken before glucose testing?
No medications should be avoided before glucose testing.
Last updated on 15 Mar 2023
Oral glucose test is ordered when fasting glucose test is high but not high enough to fall under the category diabetes.
It is done to diagnose diabetes such as fasting glucose. However, post prandial is done after 2 hours to check how the body stores sugar in muscles after food consumption after 2 hours.
Avoid eating high sugar foods and refined carbs for atleast a week before the test and glucose test will usually come normal
The glucose tolerance test is a lab test to check how your body stores sugar from the blood into tissues like muscle and fat.
For most individuals caffeine does not affect blood glucose levels
FBS, FBG, Fasting Blood Sugar
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