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Scheduled a colonoscopy. chose twilight sedation. gastro commented on patient that kept talking and had to sedate a lot, hard to wake up. oversadation?

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Anything possible: Some people react adversely or excessively to doses of sedatives that do not affect others. Have no idea what happened in the situation you describe. Ask the doctor.

Dr Fowler and another doctor agreed

Answered 3/22/2014

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