Warning: Anesthesia dangers from etomidate

[Maria]

• The name etomidate isn't familiar to most people, but it should be. It's one of the most widely used anesthesia drugs on the planet....

  It's used for both major surgeries and minor procedures. And if you've ever been brought into the emergency room and had to be put under quick, it's the drug they probably used to knock you out.

  ... new research finds that etomidate could boost your risk of death by 250 percent and increase your risk of serious heart problems by 50 percent when compared to the anesthesia drug propofol.

  ...[these risks] can take days or even weeks to appear -- up to a full month after the procedure, according to the study in the journal Anesthesia & Analgesia.

These are excerpts from an email posted by Dr. Mark Stengler. See the link below for the additional dangers to senior citizens. https://www.besthealthnutritionals.com/ ... anesthsia/

[Barbara]

Wow ! I distrust ALL anesthesia. Only in emergency, and only for an animal, not a human.

I even had my wisdom teeth out when in my mid-20s demanding only local anesthesia - I hope it was proprofol or something even safer !
Without having done any research, I could FEEL there was something very suspicious about being "put out">
I was ready to undergo the pain rather than invite ANY type of problem associated with a general anesthetic.

[xenondrum]

Doctors used propofol to reconstruct my thumb when I smashed it. I could not have used a local. They put me under for at least five hours. Then I had to wear a cast for two months before I had a second surgery to remove the pins. Same stuff use to knock me out again.