“Is it painful to have a colonoscopy without sedation?”
I am a 53 year old male. I want to know if it is painful to have a colonoscopy without sedation?
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If you are a stoic person with a moderate-to-high degree of pain tolerance, then you can undergo colonoscopy without sedation; you can also receive just moderate sedation (with midazolam and fentanyl), or you can receive deep sedation (some call it general anesthesia) with propofol administered by an anesthesiologist who closely monitors you throughout the procedure. The choice is yours.
