A new study from Georgetown University Medical Center is looking at the connection between post-operative pain and the type of anesthetic used for a procedure. This is the first study that is scientifically explaining an anecdotal observation: that many general anesthetics can actually increase the discomfort patients feel upon waking. The researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center found that so-called “noxious” anesthesia drugs activate and then make specific neurons in the nervous system more sensitive. In other words? Inflammation and pain sensors can become irritated by certain types of anesthesia drugs. That much was already known. General anesthetics can cause … Continue reading →