• Are you sedated for a colonoscopy?

I will have a colonoscopy. Are you fully sedated for a colonoscopy?

3 Answers

  • Gastroenterologist
  • LAS VEGAS, NV

Yes, you are sedated by IV medications but how deeply you sleep depends on which drugs are used. The nurse or anesthesiologist can tell you which drugs will be used.

  • Surgeon
  • Ansonia, CT

It's normally only conscious sedation.

  • Surgeon
  • Dallas, TX

Yes.

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