What Affects the Test
Reasons you may not be able to
have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:
- Taking potassium
supplements.
- Taking medicines, such as
that contain potassium (such as a type of
penicillin g),
,
heparin,
, glucose,
, diuretics, medicines used to treat
high blood pressure and heart disease, and natural licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra).
- The overuse of
laxatives.
- Severe vomiting.