Pain relief and sedation with ME - any issues to be aware of?

[Sasha]

A friend of mine with ME who isn't on the forum is having a procedure that will involve sedation and IV pain relief.

We had a recent discussion here on the forum about what PwME should know about anaesthetic but is there anything we should know about sedation and IV pain relief?

 

[oldtimer]

I can only speak about my own personal experience. Over about 40 years I've had at least 14 various surgical procedures with sedation. I had ME at the time of all of them. The only problems I've had are temporary headaches. Nothing has ever affected my ME.

 

[Andy]

My personal experience, which is four or five procedures with sedation in the last five years, is that as far as I can tell I had no adverse effects.

 

[Sean]

Had two surgical procedures with sedation/general anesthetic, no IV pain killers. No problems with them.