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Having a gi endoscopy in two days, as a heavy user of marijuana is it ok to smoke the day before? worried about combining with anesthesia.
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Check with anesthesI: you need to check with your physician or with somebody from your anesthesia team,since it depends on what kind of anesthesia they are going to use and how the weeds affect it
Answered 8/22/2017
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