Medication and Stress Echo Test

[donjuandelanooch 0]

I am taking celebrex right now for agonizing pain in my foot. It keeps it under control really well. Problem is i have been instructed by my Doc to stop taking it 10 days before vsg and I have a stress echo scheduled for 4 days after I stop taking it.:biggrin0: I am afraid I'm just gonna wreck my feet running. Waht all is entailed in the stress echo? Have any of ya'll done this before? Thanks.

[MacMadame 81]

They can do the stress test in a way that doesn't involve running. I was given a choice and I chose the treadmill. If they don't give you a choice, then ask them. (Instead of the treadmill, they inject you with something.)

[kaykay 1]

Yes, you may need to call and set up getting a nuclear stress test. My husband had this done and there is no running or walking involved. He says the feeling is kinda unpleasant though. They "stress" your body chemically. Actually, though, I had a regular stress test a few years ago and I did not have to run, just walk kinda rapidly.

[carolnphx 16]

I also had the nuclear stress echo. Because of major foot and knee issues I was unable to do the treadmill. With this you sit/recline on table and you are injected and the stress is induced. I have had both and this is MUCH easier. If doc doesn't suggest this definitely ask for it.