Friday, August 16, 2013

ANESTHESIA 4 Premedication


GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Premedication and Anesthesia

Premedication is the prescribing of drugs to be administered preoperatively. These are usually agents prescribed by the anesthetist, at the preoperative visit.

     To reduce anxiety

     To relieve pain

     To dry saliva.

Morphine Sulphate

     Morphine is a narcotic analgesic

     It depresses awareness, anxiety, pain.

It is used :

     As a premedicant.

Diazepam

     This is a minor tranquilizer

     It relieves tension and anxiety

     It is used mainly as a premedicant.

Antisialgogue

     These produce drying of the salivary and respiratory secre-tion

     The drugs include atropine sulphate, glycopyrrolate and hyoscine

     One of them is used as a premedicant drug along with analgesics.
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