NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #16/NN_1992_16.iso/spool/sci/med/14447

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Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!newstand.syr.edu!lynx.cat.syr.edu!mprisco
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Subject: amnesiac drugs
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Sender: [e-mail] (Margot)
Organization: Syracuse University
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 11:45:49 EDT
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I saw the discussion about MD disclosure and anesthsia.  I think the
poster mentioned something about drugs that cause you to forget
what went on.  Then my sister told me this story:  she had a
condition (supposedly cured now) where she had an extra nerve
pathway to her heart.  She had an "attack" where her heart rate
went up to 300 beats per minute.  When they couldn't control it
with the usual drugs they decided to use the defibrillator (sp?)
or "paddles".  Before they did it they told her they were going
to give her a drug so that she wouldn't remember it.  They did
and she didn't (they probably should have given some to her
husband, too, as he was quite traumatized at watching they
zap her 3 times...).  Anyway, what's the story with these
drugs?  What was it, most likely?  How do they work (not
too technical but what part of the brain or by what chemical
means or so they know?)?  Is it possible that you might actually
remember the incident at some point?  Maybe a flashback
kind of effect (I'd swear that 2 months after surgery I
had flashes of having a tube down my throat...I might just
be nuts, though..)?  Is it the kind of thing experienced
on a drug like Xanax?  Do they do this alot?
Margot

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