Posted by james K on July 25, 2006, at 14:46:03
In reply to COLONOSCOPY PREP'AIR'ATION COUNTDOWN, posted by corafree on July 25, 2006, at 0:14:42
I have ulcerative colitis, so I unfortunately know some about this issue. Some of the med restrictions have to do with bleeding. Like aspirin or other nsaids. They don't want you to bleed out if they poke you, or take biopsies or remove polyps. (this should happen).
They will give you some degree of pain med and a hypnotic. If you are already on these meds, the dose wont be noticable to you, plus they could accidently overdose you. My last one, because I was on long-term klonopin at the time, my gastero went ahead and used an anesthisiologist to put me all the way out. This saved me some of the weirdness of the procedure, but I didn't get to look at the tv screen and see, and I missed the cocktail, the most fun you can have in a hospital.
A colonoscopy can be done without any meds, but the meds help with pain if you are tense or have internal problems. More importantly to me, the meds make me not mind being naked and having people mess around down there.
I see no reason to detox, just make sure the doc completely understands what you take and that your pain and safety are going to be taken into account.
I hope any of this helps.
James K
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