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Title: ABPA Testing: Do You Ask Patients to Stop Any Medication Beforehand?
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For doctors who test patients for Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA): Do you recommend stopping any medications or inhalers before testing? If so, which ones and how long before the test should they be paused (hours or days)?
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When to stop is a strategy beard on so many factors symptoms,exacerbations,immunological markers and PFT
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it depends on what kind of steroids the patient is already on
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
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46 yrs exp
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Pl consult with detailed history and reports.
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