Medications used in general anesthesia
Common Questions and Answers about Medications used in general anesthesia
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The medications used to induce anesthesia in general do not trigger seizures in most people, but some medications have been implicated rarely. In patients with seizures on antiepileptics, not taking medications prior to surgery, or the effects of anesthetics on the seizure medications can also lead to seizures. The stresses of surgery could bring out seizures in someone with a predisposition to seizures.
It can also be used if a cesarean birth becomes necessary.
General anesthesia puts you to sleep during the birthing process. While safe, general anesthesia is rarely used and only during emergencies because it prevents you from seeing your child immediately after birth.
Pain relieving medications can be injected into a vein or a muscle to dull labor discomfort. These medications do not completely stop pain, but they do lessen it.
General anesthesia would only be used in a patient that is combative (eg mental illness, Alzheimer's disease, infant or child. Local anesthesia is much less dangerous, less expensive, and its very hard to justify doing anyone under general. Also many surgicenters just cannot do general because they have a RN do the anesthesia not a MD anesthesiologist.
Consider this, women are so careful with what food, drink and medications they put in their bodies during the pregnancy. The stop eating certain fish, drinking even minute amount of alcohol, caffeine and diet drinks, they stop smoking, etc.... They do things that usually are extremely hard and are usually out of character. You are a strong and a smart woman. You can do it , too. Good luck.
Another point is the use of sedation and general anesthesia. In general any elective surgery should be avoided. General anesthesia as commonly given is very toxic to the liver and can cause decompensation or liver failure in some cirrhotics. Sedation such as local anesthesia and conscious sedation are much safer. The anesthesiologist should be aware of the patient's cirrhosis and use less toxic meds and doses than a person with less liver disease or none.
I was wondering in case I have to have a c-section if general anesthesia is safe/recommended. I started doing some research and found some answers from ob/gyns that said it was riskier than spinal or epidural anesthesia however it depends on what your specific medical conditions are. You can check their answers out here (http://bit.ly/qKO1zk) if you're curious- have you all heard/experienced anything differently?
When I had my cysts removed via laparotomy, they had planned to do a total hysterectomy and spinal anesthesia is common for hysterectomies. I believe that standard anesthesia is used but is inserted through an epidural in your spine. Afterwards this is left in place for a bit and your pain medications are fed through it. They will keep close attention and continually test your freezing with cold. I had an epidural with my son and this did feel differently.
Also the stress of surgery and medications used for the original problem can cause blurred vision. Permanant vision loss would not be expected unless you happened to have an attack of glaucoma or some type of vascular blockage to the eye around the time of surgery which would not necessarily be from the anesthesia. If you have a specific question go ahead and ask it.
Thank you Dr. Oyakawa.
This is surgery to remove scar tissue again (2nd time) which developed during a detached retina healing time...where the macula has almost detached...
Don't think I would want to be awake if the retina detached completely again and I had to have the retina sewn back on and oil put in (again).
However, everything I read said anesthesia is used--local or general (or even sedation). Can someone tell me what is the proper way to have a cystoscope done?
Also, after the cysto he bled for a WEEK profusely. That doesn't seem normal either.
I notice that after any procedure whether minor or major, I suffer from severe anxiety and panic attacks for at least a month after oral or general anesthesia. It is quite dibilitating!! Does anyone else suffer from this?. I almost become neurotic!!
Anesthesia could be regional or general. Regional anesthesia can be applied to the forefoot and local anesthesia can be used for a minor bone spur removal. a sedative relaxes the individual and a tourniquet may be applied to ankle and foot to reduce blood flow and a clear work field. Bone spurs on the foot are removed via an open procedure by cutting into the foot, taking care to avoid damage to tendons and nerves.
Some months ago I had an anesthesia for a gastroscopy. There were usde the following neuroleptics: propofol, midazolam and fentanyl. I slept for about 2 hours and as soon as I woke up I was abnormally acting like a drunk. That being ended up in a couple of hours but unfortunately some symptoms and problems remained.
If you're talking about using local anesthesia alone (no IV sedation), yes it can be--but it's usually not done that way. That was my first choice, but my strab surgeon vetoed it. So they used local anesthesia with IV propofol, which left me wide awake very quickly and feeling unusually elated. I had no memory of the 40-minute procedure, and no experience of pain. (It's subjective what you perceive as an advantage/disadvantage.
The drugs used in general anesthesia act as hypnotics, painkillers, and muscle relaxants. They also block a person's memory of the surgery
Conscious sedation, which induces an altered state of consciousness that minimizes pain and discomfort through the use of pain relievers and sedatives, allows the patient to speak and respond to verbal cues throughout the procedure, although he or she may not remember any of what occurs.
I did have an Anesthesiologist tell me early in this pregnancy that risks to the baby were very low. He explained in great detail what they use and what is used in the states, etc. I was getting ready to have surgery and had just found out I was pregnant. I was in pain but could technically put off the surgery. It's a long story. I was hooked up to an IV and ready to go but I was just too afraid to take any chances because I was REALLY early pregnant.
Has anyone out there ever had to receive more then general and/or local anesthesia? I read that sometimes, so the patient does not cough or move during surgery, there will be a tube put down their thoat to be put on a breathing machine. This scares me - if anyone has had this done or know why its necessary or the pros & cons, please reply.
The risk of serious problems including death and the expense involved are always higher with general anesthesia than local. Moreover patients done under general often still have double vision. My 6 research papers have highlighted that it's important that hyaluronidase be added to the local anesthesia to reduce risk of double vision and muscle damage.
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