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Re: Anesthesia ....Chemist?? » sooshi

Posted by chemist on July 31, 2004, at 8:13:55

In reply to Re: Anesthesia ....Chemist?? » chemist, posted by sooshi on July 31, 2004, at 7:44:17

hello sooshi, chemist here...your pdoc is, in my opinion, correct in deferring to your anesthesiologist. the latter deals with this stuff all the time, as pretty much everybody is medicated with something, from cholesterol drugs to contraceptives to effexor and so on...and conversely, your pdoc does not have anesthesized patients strolling into the office day-to-day (i am assuming she/he has not medicated their patient load into a stupor). given my cursory read of the (standard) references i have (and they're not top-secret or special), effexor and zonegran don't show up with warnings concerning anesthetics, although the final word is with your anesthologist. in addition to the sedating pain killers, zonegran is somewhat sedating (i qualify this with a disclaimer that i'm reading this from my 2004 PDR, and nothing else, so it's not the most definitive info). surgery is tough on the body and the mind, so a touch of anticipatory anxiety and subsequent ``relief'' that manifests as ``depression'' might be what you're looking at. in any event, the anesthesiologist does deal with the medicated populace daily, so that should be comforting to you, and she/he will be able to flag anything should the need arise. and why not ask her/him about lightening up the post-op dope given your history, or make sure they know about it in detail: you are certainly not the first case they've seen in this regard. i hope all goes well and remember that surgeries are no different than any other physical trauma to your body with the exception that you saw it coming and know you'll be laid-up for a bit after.....all the best, chemist


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