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Filter by:Propofol is one of the most popular anesthetic drugs used for sedation during upper gastrointestinal endoscopies due to its quick onset and quick resolution of symptoms allowing patients to leave the hospital sooner. However, when administered it can also slow the breathing of patients and cause others to have upper airway obstruction (such as snoring) which can impede proper spontaneous breathing. Ketamine is an agent that is capable of providing both pain control and sedation while having either minimal effect on breathing or promoting spontaneous breathing. Combining Ketamine with Propofol has the potential to reduce the total amount of Propofol used resulting in a procedure being performed under the same level of sedation but without the downside of reduced spontaneous breathing. Patients who are obese (defined as body mass index greater than 35) tend to be even more susceptible to this effect of Propofol. The researchers are investigating whether the addition of Ketamine will indeed allow for this continued comfortable level of sedation while promoting continued spontaneous breathing in obese patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopies.
This study is to compare intestinal Cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) activity in 9-18 month post weight loss surgery Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) versus control subjects who have not had a weight loss surgery and are of similar age, gender, body mass index as the gastric bypass group. For this purpose, we will compare post-bariatric surgery patients with control subjects on alterations in systemic exposure of buspirone, a CYP3A4 substrate, when administered with grapefruit juice, a selective intestinal CYP3A4 inhibitor.