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After the Procedure

When the colonoscopy is done as an outpatient procedure (without checking into the hospital), you will go home later that same day. But before you go home, you will be observed for some time and monitored until the effects of the medications are gone. It is a good idea to make arrangements for someone to come to the clinic and take you home, because nausea, bloating, and drowsiness can continue for some time after the procedure.