Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lying there wide-awake as the doctor removed the colonoscopy tube from my hinder, I recalled that time in the 1980s when I had ...

In the U.S., sedating patients prior to doing a colonoscopy is standard. However, one physician has concluded that sedation might not be necessary for all colonoscopy patients. The physician, who ...

ORLANDO -- Using diphenhydramine (Benadryl) in addition to conventional sedatives decreased pain and improved quality of sedation during colonoscopy, a researcher reported here. Results from a ...

Dear Dr. Roach: After reading your recent column on sedation during colonoscopy, I wanted to mention that I have asked for no sedation during two colonoscopies in the past several years. I did this ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Using deep sedation for index average-risk screening colonoscopy procedures did not improve polyp or adenoma ...

Moderate sedation is typically used during lower gastrointestinal endoscopy procedures. Deep sedation with propofol is becoming widespread but carries the risk of cardiorespiratory depression. Nitrous ...

(CBS/AP) Dread getting a colonoscopy? You're not alone - which is why lots of people are sedated before the procedure. But a new study suggests too many people are getting extra, unnecessary sedation, ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I have seen two of your columns in which I thought I read an implication that the decision to be sedated or not during colonoscopy was a fairly straightforward choice. I need to point ...

Lying there wide-awake as the doctor removed the colonoscopy tube from my hinder, I recalled that time in the 1980s when I had four impacted wisdom teeth gouged from my jaw while under nothing but a ...

Dear Dr. Roach: After reading your recent column on sedation during colonoscopy, I wanted to mention that I have asked for no sedation during two colonoscopies in the past several years. I did this ...