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Can I Use Neutralizer Prior To The Gastric Emptying Study?

My 89 year old father is scheduled for a Gastric Empying study @8am Tuesday morning. In addition to GERS, he suffers from COPD & uses a nebulizer with a regimine of Brovna, Sodium Chloride, followed by an Accapella device to elosen & cough up phlem. The pre-procedure instructions say to stop all meds 48 hrs before the procedure. But say inhalers are ok. My queation is this; Are the nebulizer medications OK to continue prior to this procedure or maybe just then sodium chloride. or Should he stop all together. Thank You, Dori
Fri, 12 Aug 2016
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thanks for contacting HCM.

those are okay to use.

gastric motility drugs like Metoclopramide should not be used.

hope everything goes well with the procedure.
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Can I Use Neutralizer Prior To The Gastric Emptying Study?

thanks for contacting HCM. those are okay to use. gastric motility drugs like Metoclopramide should not be used. hope everything goes well with the procedure.