There are many drugs that anesthesiologists can use to induce unconsciousness in patients. Exactly how these drugs cause the brain to lose consciousness has been a longstanding question, but MIT ...

Propofol, a drug commonly used for general anesthesia, induces unconsciousness by disrupting the brain's normal balance between stability and excitability. Propofol, a drug commonly used for general ...

Can you say, "the sixth sheik's sixth's sheep's sick?" Maybe so, but many of your patients can't when they leave your office. Now you can legally inject them with a drug to make such tongue twisters ...

Inspired by the natural bonding between a class of potent local anesthetics called site-1 sodium channel blockers (S1SCBs) and peptide sequences on the sodium channel in the nerve cell membrane, ...

As you drift into unconsciousness before a surgery, general anesthetic drugs flowing through your blood are putting you to sleep by binding mainly to a protein in the brain called the ɣ-aminobutyric ...

Paralytic drugs, or neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs), are powerful muscle relaxants used to prevent muscle movement during surgical procedures. They're also used during critical care, such as ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "United States Anesthesia Drugs Market by Type by General Inhalation by General Intravenous by Local, and Company Analysis 2025 to 2033" report has been added to ...

The "US General Anesthesia Drugs Market by Route of Administration (Intravenous, Inhalational) and End-user (Hospitals, Ambulatory Surgery Centers) – Forecast to 2025" report has been added to ...

St. Louis, Feb. 1, 2003 – A team of researchers from the University of Virginia Health System and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found that drugs commonly used to ...

COLUMBIA (AP) — The manufacturer of the anesthetic that caused the overdose death of pop star Michael Jackson says it won't allow the drug to be used in executions. Drug maker Fresenius Kabi USA is ...

The last year and a half has seen more significant drug shortages than the last 30 years, says Meena Desai, MD, managing partner for Nova Anesthesia Professionals. The shortages have affected ...