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Does Smoking Methamphetamine Affects Upcoming Surgery With General Anesthesia?
So a friend of mine smokes methamphetamine and wants to know if it will have any effect on his upcoming surgery with general anesthesia, it has been a yr since he has smoked it, but will a 1 time thing mess up a surgery a couple months later? Thanks! - concerned friend
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Tue, 25 Feb 2014
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Hi,
It is unlikely that a one time use of methamphetamine will interfere with a surgery scheduled two months later. But please keep in mind that methamphetamine is highly addictive and even a single time use in a person who was previously a regular user increases the chances of relapse. So please ask your friend to be very careful and decide if it is indeed worth using meth again.
Best wishes.
It is unlikely that a one time use of methamphetamine will interfere with a surgery scheduled two months later. But please keep in mind that methamphetamine is highly addictive and even a single time use in a person who was previously a regular user increases the chances of relapse. So please ask your friend to be very careful and decide if it is indeed worth using meth again.
Best wishes.
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