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Patient Guide to OPIOIDS
Opioids are drugs that have been used for decades to treat pain in
patients. Opioids interfere with the pain messages from your body
to the brain and change the sensation of pain in the brain. Therefore,
they do not take the pain away, but they alter your perception of pain.
OCTOBER 2008 |
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Patient Guide to ANESTHESIA
You are being given this patient guide to help you
understand the care you will receive from your
anesthesiologist while you are asleep during your
surgery or medical procedure.
OCTOBER 2008 |
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Patient Guide to the Airway
If you are undergoing surgery or a medical procedure,
you most likely will receive drugs that put you
to sleep (sedatives), cause you to lose consciousness
(anesthetics), and relieve your pain (analgesics).
AUGUST 2008 |
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