It’s generally very quick, but I suppose not perfect as on one occasion, they had to give me some additional kind of injection because for some reason, I was still awake. The guy doing it seemed confused.

With whatever he did additionally, as he did it he goes:

“Let’s try this again, start counting back from 10”

I might have made it to 9 the second time around.

Does this mean they messed up the dosage or something? I’ve had the same guy since and it’s never happened again.

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bena 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

It's possible he messed up the dosage. What he gave you wasn't good anymore. Or something else I'm not even thinking of.

The fact that he gave you something else that time, and that you've never had that experience again would make me believe he thought it was a fault in the product he initially gave you.

	▲	theshackleford 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Ah thank you! That's super interesting. What an interesting job Anaesthetists have. I'm very greatful to mine, I always feel looked after when in his hands.

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ghosty141 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Humans react differently or have different tolerances, for example my teeth are very sensitive to pain and I needed extra adrenaline to fully numb it, even though I don't take drugs or have anything indicating that this would be necessary.

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toast0 3 days ago | parent [-]

> extra adrenaline to fully numb it,

That's not what they usually use... but people have different reactions to novacaine, and different innervation; for dental work, there's a couple typical options for where nerves are and which nerves cover which teeth, some of which need more shots in more places.

For the GP, most likely the anesthetist put a note in the chart that they need more or different drugs to go under.

	▲	doubled112 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Can confirm. My lips and gums go numb but my teeth generally do not. I am sure it takes the edge off, but I can still feel it and it is still incredibly uncomfortable. On the other hand, while having a tooth pulled and opting to be put under, the nurse and I were having a great laugh after because I was so awake. Apparently there are multiple drugs and whatever the first one was hit me so hard they only have me a half dose of another. It was enough though. They said count, I hit nine, and I woke up somewhere else. Exactly what I wanted considering local doesn't work.
	▲	ghosty141 2 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I'm from Germany and adrenaline is used as an addition as a vasoconstrictor here. There are quite a few differences between countries when it comes to anesthesia.
	▲	bigstrat2003 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Also, even with the same person Novocaine can react differently sometimes (I've had enough cavities to know). And if you have an infection, that counteracts the Novocaine so they have to give you more (had that one happen to me too). Medicine is complicated, yo.