Medications to avoid

When preparing for a stress test, there are some medications you'll need to hold before the test.

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What to avoid

Unless otherwise instructed by your doctor, stop taking any beta blocker or calcium channel blocker medications the day before and the day of your test. Below is a comprehensive list of medications to avoid.

Beta blockers

Acebutolol	Celol	Levatol	Selectol
Atenolol	Chlorosulthiadil	Levobetaxolol	Slow-Pren
Atenolol/chlorthalidone	Chlorphthalidolone	Lopressor	Sorine
Betagan	Chlorthalidone	Lopressor HCT	Sotalol
Betapace	Cordiax	Lopressor HTZ	Sotalol HCL
Betapace AF	Coreg	Metapranolol	Tenoretic
Betaxolol	Coreg CR	Metoprolol succinate	Tenoretic
Bisoprolol	Coretal	Metoprolol tartrate	Tenormin
Bisoprolol/fumurate	Corgard Metoprolol	Tartrate/HTZ	Tevacor
Bisoprolol/HCTZ	Corzide	Metoprolol/HTZ	Timilol/HTZ
Blocadren	Dilanorm	Nadol	Timolide
Brevibloc	Dutoprol	Nadol/benroflumethiazide	Timolol
Brevibloc	Esmolol	Nebivolol	Timolol Maleate/HTZ
Bystolic	Esmolol	Nebivolol HCL	Toprol
Captol	Inderal	Normodyne	Toprol XL
Cardem	Inderal LA	Oxprenolol	Trandate
Carteolol	Inderide	Penbutolol	Trandate HCL
Cartrol	Inderide LA	Phthalamodine	Trascor
Carvedilol	InnoPran	Pindolol	Trasidex
Carvedilol phosphate	InnoPran XL	Propranolol	Trasitensin
Celipres	Kerlone	Propranolol HCL	Visken
Celipro	Labetalol	Propranolol/HTZ	Zebeta
Celiprolol	Laracor	Sectral	Ziac

Calcium channel blockers

Acalas	Clevidine	Isradipine	Nivadil
Adalat CC	Clevidipine	Isradipine ER	Norvasc
Afeditab CR	Cleviprex	Lacidipine	Plendil
Amlodipine	Cleviprex	Lacipil	Pranidipine
Aranidipine	Coniel	Landel	Prescal
Azelnidipine	Covera-HS	Lercanidipine	Procardia
Barnidipine	Dilacor XR	Madipine	Procardia XL
Baylotensin	Dilt-CD	Manidipine	Rizelium
Baymycard	Diltiazem	Motens	Sapresta
Benidipine	Diltiazem ER	Mylan	Sibelium
Calan	Diltiazem IR	Nicardipine	Sular
Calblock	Diltzac	Nicardipine ER	Syscor
Calslot	DynaCirc CR	Nifedipine ER	Taztia XT
Cardene	Efonidipine	Nifedipine IR	Tiazac
Cardene SR	Felodipine ER	Nilvadipine	Verapamil
Cardif	Fendiline	Nimodipine	Verapamil ER
Cardizem	Flunarizine	Nimotop	Verapamil IR
Cardizem CD	Gallopamil	Nisoldipine ER	Verelan
Cardizem LA	HypoCa	Nitrendipine	Verelan PM
Cartia XT	Isoptin SR	Nitrepin	Zandip