I have been doing research this morning on the use of epinephrine (adrenalin) in dentistry. Dentists are now mixing epinephrine with the ___caine anesthetics. The reason for this is that it prolongs the window of time for a dentist to work without the patient experiencing pain - a significant amount of time from about 15-20 minutes to 1-2 hours. However, what many dentists may not be aware is that there are some patients for whom this could be life-threatening. If a patient has heart disease, diabetes or thyroid disease, administering epinephrine can produce a fatality. I share this not because I want to scare anyone, but because I do not want anyone to unnecessarily suffer the trauma I had on the dental table. I have thyroid disease and while not diabetic, am "insulin resistant."
If you have any of these conditions, Google your condition along with the keywords "dental epinephrine" and print them out and take them to your dentist to discuss with him before you have dental anesthesia.
Been there, done that...so NOT fun.
Charity
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Thank You For Your Concerns
Dear Friends
What can I say? I am touched by your concern, your comments and your email. Just a brief update. I've been waylaid by a reaction I had to the anesthesia used for my oral surgery which required resuscitation and was then followed by complications from the pain meds which caused the most hellacious side effects. I am grateful for the intervention of friends, especially Pamela, who immediately responded and stayed by my side until DH could get home from work (he works at a remote station in Alaska and this happened on his two weeks away). I am slowly recovering, but I can't imagine that I will be pumping out many projects around here for awhile.
Thank you for all the personal emails and blog comments. I will try to answer them as I am able, but please forgive me if it takes me awhile to communicate. My strength is still limited.
Hugs to you all! I hope to be able to catch up with all your projects soon as well.
Charity
What can I say? I am touched by your concern, your comments and your email. Just a brief update. I've been waylaid by a reaction I had to the anesthesia used for my oral surgery which required resuscitation and was then followed by complications from the pain meds which caused the most hellacious side effects. I am grateful for the intervention of friends, especially Pamela, who immediately responded and stayed by my side until DH could get home from work (he works at a remote station in Alaska and this happened on his two weeks away). I am slowly recovering, but I can't imagine that I will be pumping out many projects around here for awhile.
Thank you for all the personal emails and blog comments. I will try to answer them as I am able, but please forgive me if it takes me awhile to communicate. My strength is still limited.
Hugs to you all! I hope to be able to catch up with all your projects soon as well.
Charity
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