Folic Acid: What Affects The Test
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What Affects the Test
Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:
- Taking some medicines, such as birth control pills, phenytoin (Dilantin), pyrimethamine (Daraprim), methotrexate, trimethoprim (Proloprim), pentamidine (Pentam 300), triamterene (Dyrenium), primidone (Mysoline), and phenobarbital.
- Using too much alcohol.
- Having conditions such as vitamin B12 anemia or iron deficiency anemia.
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| Last updated: | March 05, 2007 |
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| Author: | Jan Nissl, RN, BS |
| Reviewed By: | E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine, Brian Leber, MDCM, FRCPC - Hematology |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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