What kind of medicine was used?

Question

A couple of years ago I went to an oral surgeon to have 2 teeth pulled.
I was given medicine through an IV and I was completley gone.
When I woke up I was crying.
Was I given general anesthesia?
Or was I given something else?
I don't think it was general anesthesia because I thought that could only be used in a hospital.
I was fine when I woke up.
I am just curious about what I was given.

Answer 1

If it was general anesthesia, you would have been intubated through one of your nostrils.. Under GA you cannot breathe on your own and most likely required an anesthesiologist MD to monitor your life support while you are under.

If you didn't have intubation, then you were able to breathe on your own, and what you got was conscious sedation.

The anesthetics used in GA and CS vary from institution to institution.. The particular hospitals where I worked in seem to prefer using propofol as an induction agent, then fentanyl (a narcotic in the same opiate family as heroin) and midazolam (a hypnotic) in their oral surgery departments for conscious sedation.

Answer 2

A little info I think should be considered about this drug Versed ( Midazolam ) that is used for Sedation for many medical procedures..Sedation and General Anesthesia are not the same and quite a few people being given Sedation
think they are being given General Anesthesia!

There is simply no good or valid reason to ever purposely induce amnesia during a medical procedure. It is only a recent development in medical thinking that amnesia is somehow a "benefit" to the patient. On occasion some
some patients will remember a bad experience. Forgetting does not mean it did not happen!!
I feel that if people were aware of the effects of this drug they would Opt For Another Drug!
Erasing someones memory of what was done to them is wrong!!
In fact, many people who use Versed for " IV Sedation,Conscious Sedation" Twilight Sedation, during a procedure are Awake For The Entire Procedure but remember nothing, often Believing They Were "Out" the whole time.

Versed (Midazolam) is an amnestic. It is also commonly used for minor procedures like setting broken bones,colonoscopies,endoscopies, dental procedures like extractions,conscious sedation,twilight sleep, so that patients won't remember pain and discomfort.HOWEVER THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THOSE SENSATIONS WILL NOT BE EXPERIENCED!!!!


Here is a note from a Dentist Who uses Versed
I've used Versed 1000+ times during oral surgery procedures and I've never had a complaint. It's a miracle drug because it is safe and it causes you to not remember an unpleasant experience. My answer to him is isn't it better to have not experienced the pain than to have forgot it. No wonder you have had no complaints they have no memory of the procedure.....

I feel that giving a drug for amnesia is cruel I would not want it done to me!

A strange development in medical thinking that it's okay for a patient to have
pain as long as they don't remember it and think they slept thru the procedure..


Here is a link for some info

http://www.freehelpforcancer.com/manages...

Answer 3

It could be just a sedative. But why don't you ask them? They should have explained to you before the procedure was done. And next time, for your own safety, inquire before any procedure. That is your right as a patient. You don't want to wake up one day and one of your limb is gone!

Answer 4

Yes, it was anesthesia. Some dentists are qualified to administer anesthesia. Thank goodness for that!!!

Answer 5

THE SURGEON PROBABLY USED VERSED.
BUT, TO BE SURE CALL THAT DOCTOR AND ASK.