Here are five insights into the issue:
1. Patients looking to avoid opioids have several options when seeking a colonoscopy.
2. Although it increases discomfort slightly, patients can forgo pain medication completely during colonoscopies.
3. If a patient opts to forgo pain medication, an IV line can be placed before the procedure starts in case the pain becomes intolerable.
4. Physicians can also perform a colonoscopy under monitored anesthesia care, using non-narcotic pain medication.
5. Certain patients without a family history of CRC can seek out a noninvasive CRC screening test such as a stool DNA test or a virtual colonoscopy, foregoing a traditional colonoscopy altogether.
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