I take subutex regularly – what are my options for anesthesia during my upcoming colonoscopy?
I have an upcoming colonoscopy – is there a problem with them sedating me since I’m on subutex? Also, what can my dentist prescribe in the event I have dental pain requiring medication, e.g., abcessed tooth?
What you need to do is make sure that you will have an anesthesiologist taking care of you. They will use propofol to knock you completely out for the procedure and you’ll wake up feeling great afterward, with no problems relating to the subutex.
If the gastroenterologist sedates you, they will likely use an opiate, which is not a good idea for you.
As for the dental pain, I’d ask for recommendations from whomever prescirbed your subutex.
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you’ll be wide awake. You can in fact look at what the camera is seeing, through the monitor
Im not sure hun, i too would like to know because i have to have one done, i am hoping they can do a local or perhaps a epidural spinal tap, which is a safe procedure ive had them before, ask about it as an option.
They typically use a drug called versed for colonoscopies, which is a drug that causes amnesia.
I had a colonoscopy while on sub and it went fine…well kind of. i had to reschedule because the first solution they gave me to drink did not work due to being so constipated from the sub so they gave me something stronger and I rescheduled.
Oh and i found out my bowels were totally screwed up from the sub. They found a torn bowel and that i had developed diverticulitus. I know it was from the sub and the severe constipation from it because I has just has a colonoscopy done prior to starting sub and everything was perfect.
sub is really bad stuff!
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