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I don't remember what I was given for my cath, except Benedryl. I know there was another kind of anti-allergin, but don't know what. I was awake the whole time of the cath, but when I got to recovery, I went sound to sleep and for a long time. Never again. Ever. Jo Ann On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:37:35 -0500 Mary Ann Ryan <[log in to unmask]> writes: > : > > He gave me just prior to the cath, Benedryl, and some other > antialergic > > injection, which I can't remember the name of. > > *** > > Was it epinephrine? > > > > Carrie > > > The usual preparation for a dye allergy is a dose of Prednisone the > night > before the test as well as the morning of - with Benadryl given in > the a.m. > as well. The prep continues after the test with Prednisone and > benadryl - > or at least that is what is done at the hospital in which I work. > ---------- > God bless > Mary Ann > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn