“Are you put to sleep for an endoscopy?”
My doctor wants me to have an endoscopy because I've been experiencing acid reflux so frequently. Will I be put to sleep?
4 Answers
All of our patients receive a general anesthetic with Propofol.
You will most likely be given a propofol infusion for sedation. You will not recall events with propofol. It’s rare for a patient to have complete general anesthesia for an upper endoscopy.
It depends on your endoscopist some do procedures giving their own sedation while others have anesthesiologists taking care of sedation but you will get some medicine while you are having a procedure.
If you are lucky enough to have an anesthesiologist care for you, you will receive deep sedation (like taking a nice quiet nap at home) for your endoscopy and should awaken soon afterward with no adverse effects.
