Anxiety over routine lab work before minor facial fracture surgery. Would taking a Valium help?
I dont want to mess up any blood work – but they gave me Valium to take oever the next week to ease the anxiety over surgery.
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It should be just fine…..Valium arent really a big deal. They will make you feel just a little less anxious and no blood work will be messed up. Good luck.
by: R&R
on: 10th March 09
4 de March, 2009 at 7:40 am
It should be just fine…..Valium arent really a big deal. They will make you feel just a little less anxious and no blood work will be messed up. Good luck.
4 de March, 2009 at 8:36 am
NO! unless prescribed by your surgeon. The drugs given during surgery are real killers if you have Valium in your system even for a few days. Because most blood work is done a few days prior to surgery because of the time it takes to get the report back your blood work can look fine and if in the last two days your are taken valium and then go under without them knowing. .. well they can overdose you.
4 de March, 2009 at 10:11 am
If your doctor has prescribed Valium for anxiety, then take it as directed. When you go in for blood work you will be asked which medications you take. If you are taking your anxiety meds, be sure to include it on the list of medications.
The blood work isn’t that bad, and this is coming from someone that does NOT like needles. You won’t feel much, and it will over before you know it. Just look away. That is what I do, and I make it just fine. They will talk to you to distract you, and they will do their thing.
Don’t worry, you will be fine.