Phosphate In Blood: What Affects The Test
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What Affects the Test
Results from a blood phosphate test may be affected by:
- Drinking alcohol before the test.
- Using some medicines that can increase phosphate levels, such as androgen hormones, anabolic steroids, and enemas that contain phosphate.
- Taking too much vitamin D.
- Using some medicines that can decrease phosphate levels, such as antacids, insulin, acetazolamide, and epinephrine. A large infusion of sugar (glucose) that causes insulin levels to increase can also decrease phosphate levels.
- Having a disease, such as lymphoma, that causes calcium levels to rise or fall.
- Having a rare disease, such as diabetes insipidus, that causes the kidneys to produce large amounts of urine.
| Last updated: | November 27, 2007 |
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| Author: | Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS |
| Reviewed By: | Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine, David C.W. Lau, MD, PhD, FRCPC - Endocrinology & Metabolism |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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