Should a 50 year old get a colonscopy w/ Z dogg 

My name is z dogg and I love the way boots taste nom nom

Dr Prasad thanks for referencing the research, pointing out the financial incentives and issues with screening.

Z dogg is on the wrong side of history.

Where is the rest of the video?

I know 3 people that had their intestine perferated. One in terrible health now

"Z Dogg"....well, he was soooo prescient and 'on the money' regarding covid and the associated shot, so why WOULDN'T I want to listen to what he has to say?!? Please enlighten us, oh great one. Lol.

Z dogg likes to laugh at parents who lost children to the "safe and effective". Wretched behaviour, bordering on evil.

Colonoscopy at 47 found a 6cm diameter polyp. Had it removed in a major operation a couple of months later. Biopsy showed cancer. 59 now. Have a colonoscopy every three years.

Really appreciate your candor and humor. This is a true public service, thank you!

70… no colonoscopy for me.

Dr. Prasad, I love your takes.

Always enjoy listening to your discussions! As a general surgeon I also do colonoscopies and flexible sigmoidoscopies. I find that patients are more compliant with oral bowel prep going the typical direction than they are with enemas going the opposite direction. Medicare pays $191 for a screening colonoscopy and $59 for flexible sigmoidoscopy (CA), so not quite that $2000 in the cecum😂. The fear of being blamed for leaving a right sided lesion behind is a stronger force than any financial incentive, despite not having a statistical basis for that feeling. Really appreciate the work you do!

Cologuard also has FIT as part of it…and, most (some would say almost all) of the diagnostic power of Cologuard is the FIT ($15) portion, not the genetic test portion ($500)…!!

Why was the last sentence cut off "Forty people die of colon rectal cancer but....

Z Dogg the super vax king 👑

Interesting thanks

I became extremely ill from the prep. Passed out, temp loss of hearing. Apparently I’m not the only one either.

My 64 year old uncle just died from colon cancer a two weeks ago because he never went for a colonoscopy at age 50. He was too embarrassed. When he started having symptoms he just ignored them because he was too embarrassed. When he finally went to the doctor the cancer was everywhere and he only lived about 18 months after that.

Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts prof. May Allah bless you with the straight path.

Oh no, not Zdog again. Please 🙏

One of my favorite podcasts ever; you 2 doctors together! Always love your knowledge, your truth speak and your honesty Dr. Prasad. You cut this one short, leaving us all wanting more!

Since US insurance is largely only covering colonoscopy and not covering sigmoidoscopy, this whole discussion is just pushing people to skip all the screening which seems like a net harm to me. It's true that best current evidence shows sigmoidoscopy is just as good as colonoscopy, but some screening is better than no screening even if it's not as fantastic as marketing might make it seem. (Bretthauer et al 2022 "Effect of Colonoscopy Screening on Risks of Colorectal Cancer and Related Death") Additionally this discussion is skipping over separate advice for people with family history. Prep is not that bad. You take a vacation day and play with your phone on the toilet all day

I love it when you guys talk shit!

Z Dog a fool

Colonoscopy is not that bad, you get sedated but a little, you can watch the screen with the doc. It is just uncomfortable afterwards as you’ll have a lot of air in your intestines. Prep is indeed a bit difficult as you will be sitting on the toilet a lot, but you prepare at home so not a big deal. If you are concerned and have some symptoms go and have it. Scripps in San Diego does a great job, not sure how it is done elsewhere.

I'd love to hear the end of this.

Had the colonoscapy at 52. The worst thing was drinking the prep "go lightly" everything else was easy. Drink it all the day before. I drank 12 oz every 90 minutes until it was gone. About 8 glasses. I mixed 3 or 4 packets of crystal light lemonade flavoring into the gallon jug. It helped a lot. Dont mix anything with red or blue or green. Clear as possible. No issues. They found 1 polyp. Told me not to come back for 7 years. I will wait until 60. Pro tips : Eat light the day before the prep. Mix in crystal light lemonade to make it taste better. Drink it all the night before. 8 large glasses with ice works good. Do not eat anything once you start prepping. Do not eat anything until you get the proceedure other than water.

I'm curious. What if instead of death, you want to find out what testing has the biggest decrease in the need for a colostomy bag.

moved to 45 to make more MONEY, it's all about the colon money journey

It cuts off with "but...". We don't need a 💩 cliffhanger.

cut at just the wrong moment :(

I did the poop in a box thing. I had to do it again because apparently the sample was too large.

Cliff hanger Where's the ending of video Do I gotta go to zdog

How often do you get flex sig?? Every 10 years? Add FIT annually still on top of Flex Sig?

What do colonoscopy and mammograms have in common? No effect on the all cause death rate, hmmmm, they don't work. I have had numerous friends and family injured in this process. One that was perforated and had to have 2 surgeries to fix and almost died. Mother in her 40's symptom that they did it for excessive thirst.

Kaiser does a poop test to check for blood. Is that good enough?

LOL! Surprise!!! The thumbnail says it all.

No mention of colonoscopy when you know you have a genetic predisposition heterozygous or homozygous? Prep clean out is better than it used to be. I got propofol on the last few occasions. Had a nice dream and woke up rested. Is there an age when you probably can stop colonoscopies when you have had polyps in the past? Drs saying the prep is brutal? Smh.

Go litely was named by the creators of clockwork orange

I’ve had 3 colonoscopies so far, no problem. Had one or two polyps removed.

One thing that is not mentioned in this discussion.... prep is much less painful if you liberally coat the anus before you begin with vaseline, it helps to protect the skin from the caustic nature of the prep solution and digestive acids that cause burning to the skin.

My dad died of colon at 43! 50 is too old

I like to do mine separately

Colonoscopy is not a breeze, if you are not sedated 😂.

Just got my first colonoscopy yesterday. Prep really was not fun procedure was fine although going under general anaesthesia always makes me nervous for some reason. Glad I did it now now that it's over.

Local GI office will only do full colonoscopy or cologuard, not just a flex-sig. Odd?

I’ve had 3 .. first one 15yrs ago found a polyp ? Removed. Went plant based … no more polyps. I also know 2 people who have died horribly from colon cancer (in mid 50's) after refusing to get colonoscopies … one had a family history.

Not going here

Here in Alberta , Canada when I do a FITT TEST you crap on plastic wrap that you cover the toilet seat with. Then you take this corkscrew like device that you take a sample of your stool. Then you put the device into a testube that is provided and close the lid. Bring it back to the lab centre and wait for your results.

Rest of vid please

I might have a drink with ZDogg, but I don't know about getting a colonoscopy with him.

The problem with FIT testing such as Cologuard is that it misses most pre-cancerous polyps. A colonoscopy diagnoses polyps and allows the doctor to remove them at the same time thus reducing the risk of colon cancer.

watch Suneel Dhand's take on routine colonoscopy. He's not for it either.

colonoscopy is 2,000 in the US ??? I paid about 120 in a private Moscow clinic

NO MORE Zdog! Please!

Colonoscopy is conclusive . Stool test is not .

colonoscopy is easy pickens, $175/mo for Medicare for the colonoscopy!

I wish Viany was my doctor. I can't stand the doctors around here in my area.

Doctor ordered me FIT test, part of Canadian screening process. Had some symptoms of bloating. FIT result positive. Sent for colonoscopy. One 1.6m tubulovillous polyp removed. My bloating symptoms still there . Probably digestive tract issue. I’m a 62 yrs. old woman. Don’t know if I would have done colonoscopy if FIT was negative. This is all paid by our universal healthcare. No cost to us.

Why is Vinay speaking in 3x speed and Z dog in 1x?

You're asking if a 50 year old should get a colonoscopy with Z Dogg in the room? Yikes.

Never will.

This one is awkwardly edited

Can we request and receive a flex instead of colonoscopy?

Sedation is not mandatory during colonoscopy. It may hurt sometimes a lot, but the pain will stop.

Stage 3 rectal cancer discovered during a colonoscopy for my husband. These screenings save LIVES and not enough people go for them. I personally think the age needs to be lowered for screening because our diets/lifestyle in this country is directly related to all the CRC cancers

I 💩 my pants 👖. 😳

Mafia medical

Colonoscopy.....try having a defecography!

Flex sig sucks, you only see less than half of the colon. I just had one and they got my 1 polop they would have missed with a sig only. Bad advice from this quack internet doctor.

I like how everyone glossed over fentanyl like it’s nothing

Have you ever had a flex sig VP? Not fun and if it’s positive a colonoscopy anyway , think about it

Who gives a “crap”

Such terrible and dangerous information……….

Came here just to comment. These two have no historical track record and have not appologized.

Nice to see ZDogg again.

Kaiser does a poop test to check for blood. Is that good enough?