• Does local anesthesia also make one drowsy?

Can I feel drowsy from local anesthesia?

15 Answers

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Manati, Puerto Rico

It's called ideosincrasia. Everyone responds in a particular manner to drugs. The answer is yes.

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Tarpon Springs, Florida

No, it is safe most of the time.

  • Anesthesiologist (Pediatric)
  • Houston, Texas

yes

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Charlotte, NC

No. It’s possible you were sedated as well if you had a nerve block.

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Huntington, New York

No it doesn’t. It is the stress from the surgery on your body that makes you tired

  • Anesthesiologist

If pure local anesthesia is all that was used, one shouldn't feel drowsy. However if some amount of local anesthetic was absorbed into the blood stream, it can cause a bit of drowsiness and that is normal and will wear off.

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Phoenix, Arizona

Typically if just a local anesthetic such as Marcaine or Lidocaine was given you should not feel drowsy. If some reason sedation was given in addition to the local anesthetic that could account for drowsiness.

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Centerville, Ohio

Often times, patients receiving local anesthetics may get additional medications which might be responsible for drowsiness. Local anesthetic injected into any tissue will find its way into the bloodstream and circulate in the body. At certain concentrations it can cause lightheaded ness, drowsiness, or even a seizure. Physicians and dentists know this and keep the total amount of local anesthetic within safe levels when injecting.

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Willingboro, NJ

Sometimes.

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Brooklyn, NY

No, local anesthesia typically doesn't produce drowsiness

Boris Yaguda M.D.

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Evanston, IL

If you have severe pain for a long time, and a doctor gives you local anesthesia that completely eliminates your pain, then you may feel sleepy because you haven't slept well for days; otherwise, local anesthetics have no effect on alertness.

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Woodstock, Ontario

No

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Troy, Missouri

If only local anesthetic is used it will not make you drowsy unless large volumes are used. In most cases the volume of anesthetic used is usually small

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Parsippany, NJ

Not typically when no sedation is used

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Portland, OR

No, but sedative medications are often given during surgical procedures or for pain relief after a procedure. Sedative medications can make you drowsy after a procedure.

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