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What's an amusing thing to say before going under general anesthesia? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Window_Error_Noises@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Last time, I used: "Anybody need anything while I'm out?" and that went over well. May not make it through this surgery on Friday, so I turn to Lemmy for top-notch suggestions for my potential last words!

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[-] idiomaddict@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago

To be fair, dosing babies with anesthesia is way more difficult, and there’s zero record of whether they have any drug allergies or intolerances

[-] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

and there’s zero record of whether they have any drug allergies or intolerances

Nowadays, you can test for anesthetic drug resistances with DNA site testing, (as in, a blood test), though of course, this does not mean that it is always used, for various reasons.

A personal anecdote:

I've had one done after I had bad side-effects to ADHD medication I had tried, and I haven't had any bad effects in the medications I've tried since. (besides drowsiness)

Edit: I want to say, I'm not saying that getting the dosage right is not incredibly difficult, I just wanted to mention that we can detect drug allergies without putting them under, (so to speak).

[-] idiomaddict@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

That’s good to know! I just swelled up for a week because my new dentist used a different kind of local anesthetic, so it was close to the front of my mind. That would have helped a lot

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