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A member asked:
Most food includes b vitamins niacin and riboflavin which are said to cause false interaction with the gfobt occult tests. how much does it takes of these b vitamins to generate inaccurate results on the gfobt occult blood stool test? thank you?
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I would ask lab doing test but also search meds at Drugs.com. Go to pubmed.gov and search gFOBT and false + and - results.
Answered 3/10/2023
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