Ephedrine Surgery

[kman]

Anyone know if how if you need to stop taking ephedrine prior to a minor surgery? I was wondering if 4 days was long enough before going under anesthesia? Anyone Please?

[Milky87]

If you have stopped taking it for 4 days, you will be fine. Anesthetics and ephedrine dont (or atleast, shouldt) have negative interactions

[kman]

If you have stopped taking it for 4 days, you will be fine. Anesthetics and ephedrine dont (or atleast, shouldt) have negative interactions

Thanks for the response, I just got scared cause I read a report on some site of the dangers of herbs and anesthetics. It even warned against high doses of vit c and surgery. Anyone else have surgery and used an ECA in the prior days?

[kman]

Bump

[Bryan2]

you should be fine ive done it before but just as a precautionary 4 days is totally acceptable

[kman]

you should be fine ive done it before but just as a precautionary 4 days is totally acceptable

Thanx bro..

[Latino~Heat]

...if doc asked, be honest.. might see a diff. in BP (patient chart of prior visits) and such and when undergoing surg. will estimate amount of sleepin juice to give you...
L~H

[kman]

...if doc asked, be honest.. might see a diff. in BP (patient chart of prior visits) and such and when undergoing surg. will estimate amount of sleepin juice to give you...
L~H

The doc did not ask, and this will be my first time going under. Do you think I should mention it even though most people say 4 days will be ok, reason being I can't have the doc writing in my charts that I took ephedrine.

[Milky87]

Why cant you have that.

Yeah, nothing bad will come out of telling him, thye may just use a different anesthetic

[kman]

Why cant you have that.

Yeah, nothing bad will come out of telling him, thye may just use a different anesthetic

Its a banned substance in the sport I play, so if he is a dick and puts it in my file, someone could possibly find out.

[spm162]

I would discontinue at least 1 week prior. I ran into this problem when i had to go under general anesthesia. Definitely mention it to the doc. Just bc he doesn't specifically ask doesnt mean its OK.

[mkk359]

Since your doing ephedrine I think its reasonable to assume you might be using it in conjunction with an ECA stack. You should be fine as far as the ephedrine is concerned. However if for some reason you haven't been told, taking asprin 5 days before surgery is a big no-no.