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Provocholine

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Provocholine is an asthma agent which is a kind of lung drug.

Dr. Jeffrey Pollard reviewed this

23 year experience in ENT and Head and Neck Surgery

Drug Class

Asthma drug

Generic Drug

Methacholine

Side Effects

Common

Itchy rash
Cough
Headache
Itching or burning
Chest tightness
Wheezing
Itchy skin

Serious

Sudden severe difficulty breathing

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Can a person fake a methacholine challenge?

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Is there a difference between histamine and methacholine?

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How long until you get results of the methacholine challenge test?

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How long does it take to get results of the methacholine challenge test?

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A 19-year old male asked:

What factors could produce a negative methacholine challenge. Detail Please?

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Are people still doing the methacholine challenge, and are there risks to it?

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How does methacholine give you asthma symptom ?

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What causes false negative results in a methacholine test?

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What medication effects a methacholine challenge causing false negatives? In detail please?

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Will Budesonide effect a methacholine challenge?

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Why do doctors tell you not smoke or to use caffeine before a methacholine challenge test?

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Why do doctors tell you not smoke or to use caffine before the methacholine challenge test?

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A 18-year old male asked:

I just started using advair a week ago will this affect my methacholine test tomorrow? Will this make false negatives?

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A 34-year old asked:

How affective is the methacholine test for asthma?

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A 45-year old asked:

Asthma methacholine challenge. Is there side-effects from the test?

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A 19-year old male asked:

Will Dulera (formoterol and mometasone) significantly affect a methacholine challenge?

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How accurate is the methacholine challenge test for asthma?

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How reliable is the methacholine challenge test for asthma?

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Can I drink alcohol the night before a methacholine chllenge?

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Will zyrtec (cetirizine) or clartin effect a methacholine test?

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Will dulera (formoterol and mometasone) without a doubt cause a false negative on a methacholine challenge ?

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A 37-year old female asked:

Dr said that I needed a 12% improvement on methacholine test for asthma diagnosis. Is this number arbitrary? Can I still have asthma if negative?

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Will symbicort (budesonide and formoterol) effect a methacholine challenge?

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Will Budesonide inhalation affect a methacholine test causing false negative?

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A 18-year old male asked:

Will benadryl (diphenhydramine) have an effect on a methacholine challenge since its a anticholinergic drug?

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A 18-year old male asked:

Will anti histamines such as zyrtec or allegra (fexofenadine) so on, effect methacholine since its a histmane and cause negative results?

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What is the difference between pulmonary function test and methacholine challenge?

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Can you take Ibuprofen before a methacholine challenge breathing test? Or will it affect the results?

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