[DanBC]

> they wheel you into the procedure room, and then you pass out.

This is the bit that a lot of people have a problem with, and there's usually some choices in the amount and type of sedation you get.

In the US they use much heavier sedation than other countries - use of propofol is not uncommon in the US - and it's one of the things that makes colonoscopy more risky than it needs to be.

[kwhitefoot]

I didn't have any sedation or other medication when I had a colonoscopy (in Norway). It was uncomfortable but not painful.