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colgatesmile
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I am so glad that I found this forum & hope that you can help me. I am very scared of the dentist and have a very bad gag reflex. I have a hard time with impressions & that crazy rubber dam thing they use.
Now that there is sedation dentistry available, I use that option.
About a year ago, I needed a crown & asked my dentist for the sedation. He prescribed 2 Halcion pills (.,25 mg each) & 2 Ativan pills. That sounded like too much - I am pretty small. So, he agreed that I should only take 2 Halcion. I was asleep within minutes & he started my treatment. He also gave me nitrous oxide during the treatment. Well, I ended up in shock - couldn't move my hands, threw up, blood pressure went sky high & then dropped very quickly, took several hours to be coherent enough to be driven home. They gave me straight oxygen to get the nitrous out of my system. It was scary! I honestly think I would have ended up in a coma if I had taken all 4 pills.
For obvious reasons, I am now at a new dentist. I need a few fillings and want to do sedation again. I spoke with my old dentist & he thinks it was the nitrous that caused the problem & that I had too much - overdose. I am afraid it was the combination of Halcion with the nitrous. Who knows for sure? I have had each on their own before with no problems.
My new dentist is suggesting Ativan with no nitrous. Has anyone had that? I understand that it is rather similar to the Halcion. I want it to be strong enough, but don't want to end up in shock again. I
Thank you in advance.
Now that there is sedation dentistry available, I use that option.
About a year ago, I needed a crown & asked my dentist for the sedation. He prescribed 2 Halcion pills (.,25 mg each) & 2 Ativan pills. That sounded like too much - I am pretty small. So, he agreed that I should only take 2 Halcion. I was asleep within minutes & he started my treatment. He also gave me nitrous oxide during the treatment. Well, I ended up in shock - couldn't move my hands, threw up, blood pressure went sky high & then dropped very quickly, took several hours to be coherent enough to be driven home. They gave me straight oxygen to get the nitrous out of my system. It was scary! I honestly think I would have ended up in a coma if I had taken all 4 pills.
For obvious reasons, I am now at a new dentist. I need a few fillings and want to do sedation again. I spoke with my old dentist & he thinks it was the nitrous that caused the problem & that I had too much - overdose. I am afraid it was the combination of Halcion with the nitrous. Who knows for sure? I have had each on their own before with no problems.
My new dentist is suggesting Ativan with no nitrous. Has anyone had that? I understand that it is rather similar to the Halcion. I want it to be strong enough, but don't want to end up in shock again. I
Thank you in advance.
