WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for January, 2002: Re: Phentermine(adipex) and General Anesthesia????

Re: Phentermine(adipex) and General Anesthesia????

From: Richard Chudacoff, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 13 Jan 2002 14:05:29 -0600 (CST)

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At Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Kelly wrote: >
>I'd posted earlier, but wasn't sure if I'd get the question answered by
>a doctor like I had hoped. I've been taking fastin for a month,
>recently was set up for a lap and will be put under, at the time the
>nurse took my medical history, I wasn't taking anything (had run out of
>the fastin.) Well, I just recently got adipex and took 1/2 yesterday and
>1/2 today and did some research and found out this isn't something to be
>taking if you're going to be put under general anesthesia. Are there
>risks if I've stopped taking it now, my surgery is scheduled for Tuesday
>and I've been taking the fastin off an on for about two months. I could
>really use some advice. Will they want to reschedule my procedure or
>should it be out of my system by Tuesday. Thanks Kelly

I did answer this. Call the hospital on Monday.

-- Richard Chudacoff, MD, FACOG Chudacoff Obstetrics & Gynecology, PLLC Sugar Land, TX

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