The Government Accountability Office released a report on drug shortages, which found anesthetic and central nervous system drugs are among the class of drugs experiencing the highest frequently of ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued draft guidance on the development of local anesthetic products with a prolonged duration of effect that can last for days. The guidance, published ...

Nanoparticle-based systems for local anaesthesia harness submicrometre carriers to deliver anaesthetic agents directly to peripheral nerves or tissue sites, thereby prolonging analgesic effect while ...

There’s something a little bit magical about anesthesia. One minute you’re there, the next you’re not—and as you go under, you might entertain the nurses with some bizarre chit-chat you’ll be ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- When patients undergo general anesthesia, doctors can choose among several drugs. Although each of these drugs acts on neurons in different ways, they all lead to the same result: a ...