My grandpa recently had his hip reconstructed, but a few days later his femur popped out. His wife said that they gave him amnesia medication so he wouldnt remember the pain they put him through at the hospital. Does this medication exist?
2007-06-12 15:37:44 · 5 answers · asked by Nate 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
The only medication I am familiar with that has that profile is scopolomine. They use to give it to women after child birth....a long time ago. It was also used as the first truth serum.......
2007-06-13 12:53:17 · answer #1 · answered by iraq51 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I have been told that anytime you have surgery, they give you medicine that causes amnesia so that if you do wake up during surgery, you won't remember it. I've had surgery 4X and I can attest that when I awaken, it takes me a few hours to communicate and remember conversations.
2007-06-12 22:44:36 · answer #2 · answered by Lynda M ♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Benzodiazepine class medications, such as Versed (midazolam) can interfere with memory encoding such that the memory of the event is forgotten. It only works WHILE you are experiencing the pain and getting the medication.
2007-06-12 22:43:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
There are medications that they can give you that make it so that while they are giving you the medication that you don't remember what happened.
2007-06-12 23:45:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone may have jokes and called a drug that, but no, there's not an "amnesia drug". Some painkillers make you so out of it that you won't remember.
2007-06-12 22:40:31 · answer #5 · answered by tsoto_soto 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋