Anesthesia, Resuscitation, and ICU: Q&A
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Alexander Wright said:Look, for elective procedures, they usually give you at least a little something to take the edge off—some kind of anxiolytic like Xanax or Valium—which often leaves you feeling drowsy for a few hours afterward.
Your best bet is just asking the anesthesiologist who’s handling you whether you'll be getting any premedication.
At my hospital, it's not really standard practice to premedicate outpatient patients coming in for things like gastroscopies or colonoscopies, though that definitely varies from one medical center to another.
I'm aware of that. When I had my first endoscopy, they did give me a bit of an anxiolytic, but I ended up passing on it anyway. That specific procedure takes way longer than a standard gastroscopy (which I've done before, obviously, without anesthesia). For this one, they’re doing full-on anesthesia right from the start, so I really wanted to hear what your experiences have been like.