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Methacholine Challenge

Will advair diskus 500/50 cause a false negative on a methacholine challenge ive been taking it for about a week now?
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144586 tn?1284666164
Concur with Tammy2009.  You will get an inappropriate test result.
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746512 tn?1388807580
You would need to stop taking it for a day or two before the test because of the long acting bronchodilator otherwise yes it might affect the test.  
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