• Can drinking have any impact on my anesthesia dosage?

I drink alcohol regularly. I am going in for wisdom tooth removal in 2 days and will be given anesthesia. Will my drinking have an impact?

8 Answers

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Tarpon Springs, Florida

Yes, you are going to need an extra dose of painkillers.

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Evanston, IL

No

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Parsippany, NJ

Not likely to have impact for purely local infiltration

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Brooklyn, NY

It certainly can. Notify your anesthesiologist of the type and amount of alcohol consumed.

Boris Yaguda, M.D.

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Portland, OR

YES, regular alcohol intake and smoking both change the responses to most anesthetic and analgesic drugs. I hope you are having an anesthesia provider (physician anesthesiologist, or CRNA preferably, or oral surgeon at least), not just a dentist, who will care for you during this procedure.

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Easton, Maryland

First of all, do not drink on the day of your procedure. As far as anesthesia, you may require a larger dosage due activation of your P-450 enzymes. That is, some tolerance necessitating more analgesia. 

  • Anesthesiologist (Pediatric)
  • Houston, Texas

Local anesthesia, i.e., numbing your jaw, will not be affected. I presume you are an adult.

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Charleston, West Virginia

Depends on how often and how much. Even if it is a lot, it should be easy to compensate. However, most wisdom teeth extractions use local anesthesia mainly, which alcohol consumption would have no impact on.

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