“What drugs are used to reverse anesthesia?”
I am a 36 year old male. I want to know what drugs are used to reverse anesthesia?
4 Answers
There are specific medications to reverse some of the anesthesia medications, but not all has its countering reversal drug. For example, naloxone reverses opioid-type medications, but there is no reversal medication for propofol.
Hong Liu
Anesthesiologist
Sugammadex, Neostrigmine.
Steven L. Dain
Anesthesiologist
No drugs are used to reverse the effects of anesthesia. You exhale the gases, and the body metabolises the intravenous medications. The only drugs we reverse are muscle relaxants if they are used for the procedure. There are medications to reverse narcotics and benzodiazepines, but they are rarely used.
Steven Dain
Steven Dain
I assume the question is about general anesthesia. The most important reversal is for muscle relaxants, which is reversed with neostigmine. If the patient has too much narcotics on board, it is reversed by giving low dose of naloxone. If the patient has too much of benzodiazepines, then it is reversed by using flumazenil.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
