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    Ammonia



    What Affects the Test

    Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:

    • Smoking.
    • Severe constipation.
    • Eating a high-protein or a low-protein diet.
    • Using medicines that increase blood ammonia levels, such as some Reference diuretics Opens New Window (such as furosemide), acetazolamide, and valproate.
    • Using medicines that decrease ammonia levels, such as neomycin, tetracycline, diphenhydramine, isocarboxazid, phenelzine, and tranylcypromine, and lactulose.
    • Strenuous exercise just before the test.



    By: Reference Healthwise Staff Last Revised: Reference November 4, 2011
    Medical Review: Reference E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
    Reference Jerome B. Simon, MD, FRCPC, FACP - Gastroenterology


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