Is taking a tb shot safe with a hypertension medication?

Question

I'd like to volunteer at the hospital and one of the requirements is the tb shot? Specifically, I am worried about the reaction with a hypertension medication I am taking. I also have this paranoia because two of my aunts (twins) died in infancy after the n***s injected them with some kind of antiviral medication. The n***s said they weren't supposed to eat high Vitamin C foods. This raises some questions, should I follow some kind of a dietary restriction if I choose to have the tb shot?

Answer 1

completely safe, i take hypertension medicine and have had a TB test done every year for the past three years as a nursing student

Answer 2

I'm not quite clear on what this "TB shot" you're referring to, but if you're referring to a PPD, then there's no drug interactions with any anti-hyertensive I'm aware of.  I don't think that the n***s will have much involvement in the process, so you shouldn't let that influence your decision.

Usually PPDs are administered by nurses.

Answer 3

Yeah, "tb shot" as in a test for TB called a PPD is not going to interact with any other kind of medication. PPD is a purified protein that is just checking to see if your immune system is going to interact with it. If your immune system saw the TB bug before (mycoplasma spp) it will react with the PPD, giving a noticeably LARGE reaction (normal reactions are small red raised bumps).

No dietary restrictions are required. The PPD shot is safe. Everyone who works in the healthcare field gets checked with that test.