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For you or me that’s a really valid concern, but the damage to someone from opiate abuse is so extreme I think they’d take that risk. In fact some might even se
by IntronExon 9y ago
For you or me that’s a really valid concern, but the damage to someone from opiate abuse is so extreme I think they’d take that risk. In fact some might even see the inability of a well meaning medical professional to dose them with an opiate as a feature, not a bug.
- hrktb 9y agoThe hard part is that anesthesia is not just for comfort. I am not a doctor, but having the body in a low excitement mode for complex surgery must be an advantage. So resistance to anesthesia could mean no surgery beyond the most basic ones.
- mattkrause 9y agoI wouldn't go that far. There are a lot of options for anaesthesia, and many of them are not opioids. For example, there is a whole set of halogenated ethers like sevoflurane and isoflurane (the most typical inhaled anesthetics). Their chemical structures and mechanisms of action are very different from opioids, so the vaccine-produced antibodies would not recognise or react with them. This is true for many of the other options (benzos, ketamine, even xenon gas). That said, opioids are useful. They are very good analgesics (pain relievers) and can be used as anesthesia in certain situations, like cardiovascular patients. However, for most people in most situations, there are other non-opioid options.
- IntronExon 9y agoOpiates != Anesthesia Opiates are painkillers, anesthetic are a different beast.
- freedomben 9y agoFentanyl is an extremely common ingredient in a surgical cocktail.
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- IntronExon 9y agoIt is indeed, but as an analegesic, not an anasthetic. Paralytic, analegesic, anesthetic, is the usual trio for general anesthetic surgery. For “twilight sleep” as used in most colonoscopies, it will tend to be fentanyl and Versed.