posted Tue, 03/03/2015 - 08:12
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Having a COLONOSCOPY tomorrow.. Dr wanted to know if I'm using AAS steroids
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I'm filling out this pre-registration for tomorrow and came across with this questionnaires in regards to steroids
Should I be honest? What are the complications with AAS steroids for putting me to sleep prior to Colonoscopy???
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There are two reasons to know this before having this done. The colonoscope infuses air to "blow up" the colon so to speak so they can advance the scope and see and find lesions as they go. Corticosteroids like prednisone can be oral or injectable and these drugs weaken tissues and increase risk of perforating your colon during the procedure. Some risk of increased bleeding is also possible. There are many GI diseases that involve treatment with medicines like these so alot of their patients getting scoped will be on them. Your form asks about steroids directly under the inflammatory drugs so this is most likely what they were intending. As far as anabolic type steroids,the sedatives used to relax you for the procedure affect your blood pressure and stress your heart and AAS use will change how you respond to those drugs as far as your vital signs. If you're on AAS and you incur additional stress from these drugs then you elevate your risk for cardiogenic complications- ie things like heart attack and stroke during the procedure. There's no risk to you in telling the truth, or lying for that matter. As I have ensured in other threads, medical history data is confidential and the information is intended to properly care for you and inform you of risks to your health, and in some degree to protect the provider from liability if you stroke out getting a garden variety outpatient test.
If you know the drugs they will use for sedation, check for any interactions/adverse reactions with the AAS in your current cycle.
Versed, which is an amnesic, usually is the drug of choice for that procedure. They may use Diprivan, or another drug, now, not sure.
If you know your bloodwork is in check, then you should be fine. If they have drawn pre procedure bloodwork, they will see your values, which your current AAS cycle is producing and possibly raise some concern.
All in all, you shoulud be fine because the length of time the coloscopy takes and the amount of drug they give is short and small. Let us know how it went.
ArmedI had a Sigmoidoscopy while on cycle, they had to up the demerol to put me under. Nurse said it was due to me being a "big guy."
They wanted me to stop using any asthma meds 24 hours prior, like ED said below I think that's their main concern.
Dude, they are stuffing a camera up your ass. You arent getting a transplant for Christ's sake. Answer NO.
He sould F the paperwork.
Eat Mexican the night before. Then do it at home with a Gopro and a plumbers snake.
You legend for that comment man
The one thing he needs to remember is when the nurse asks before hand if he got cleaned out completely with the prep to say yes no matter what. Unless of course he enjoys an enemA.
I was asked the same question when getting a dental implant. My best guess was that they want to make sure that they are not wearing out your liver with pain killers containing acetaminophen.
You would think that there is some dr client privilege, but I bet they hand you a pamphlet on their privacy policy that states otherwise.
Hell no, lie lie lie and lie some more.
Don't let that shit on your record unless you have to.
Besides they are probably asking about cortico steroids like prednisone Nothingthere about anabolic steroids.
This is the same thing I am told, and read. Only person I know is a nurse studying for some high level nurse degree and she agreed once on the medical history, it MAY cause issues down the road getting new insurance or life insurance.
On top of that I had one friend get turned down at a new job cause he told his Doc about it and had to turn to Obama care or something.
Of course i dont know the full story.
Iv been put under while on cycle couple times.. like others said ur good
The answer is no. These records are discoverable and could be used in numerous actions (criminal or civil) against you.
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Unless you are a prescribed TRT patient then document what you're prescribed
This is completely untrue with the exception of the circumstance that you went on a homicidal rampage or were charged with some serious crime(s) and prosecution wanted to implicate roid rage or add additional charges to your rap or something along those lines.
Isn't the issue for you guys in the states more about losing insurance cover? I've always been lead to believe if you admit it you're going to make yourself uninsurable in certain respects?
It could affect coverage if there were any disputes related to future procedures and any potential exclusions of coverage.
I'm not sure if things have changed with obamacare, but a few years back my wife went to the Doc with migraines, next month bluecross/sheild dropped her coverage.
I'd be screwed! Hip repairs, knee repairs, shoulder repairs, spinal surgery. Nothing left to insure!
I guess all those medical history documents I would send discovery request for were just a figment of my imagination. They are discoverable if related to any civil action where health or injury is related and you can bet that any good defense attorney would draw the line between the use of AAS and no prior prescriptions for it and would use the stigma of AAS use to damage their opponent.
Correct so you corroborated every word I said. That data would be used in the context of some other misbehavior or medmal case or something or whatever case you are building as secondary to some primary concern.
Except it doesn't have to be a serious crime or civil action.
No pun intended!!!!! Cover your ass!!! Nothing to do with an exploration or invasion like that!!!
It's a cover your ass document. Answer no.
Wouldn't cover my ass if it's on A4 paper. My ass is way too fat, would need A3
Has no bearing on a Colo hit no!
They are asking it to see if you are at risk for having any blood born diseases from injecting steroids or other drugs.
Has nothing to do with being out under sedation. You'll be fine not disclosing.
Nope - Doc doesn't need to know, nor does an anaesthetist at this stage. Some forms of IBD are treated with steroids if that's what they're checking for, but no need to say anything now.