What are the names of common anesthesia medications?
I’m an anesthesiologist. The drug you list is not familiar to me. The closest I can think of is remifentanil (a narcotic). or romazicon (reversal agent) We use different drugs for different things. For general anesthesia, we use a drug to get people off to sleep (induction) – common induction agents are propofol, etomidate, pentothal, ketamine. To keep people asleep, we usually use inhalation anesthetics, such as isoflurane, desflurane, sevoflurane, possibly with nitrous oxide. We may also use a paralyzing agent such as succinylcholine, rocuronium, vecuronium, atracurium, cisatracurium or pancuronium. For pain relief, we typically use a narcotic such as fentanyl, morphine, hydrocodone, alfentanil, or sufentanil. Many patients also get midazolam, which is a sedative and amnestic. For neuraxial (spinal/epidural) regional (nerve blocks) or local anesthetics, we use drugs called “local anesthetics”. Common local anesthetics are lidocaine, procaine, bupivicaine, tetracaine, chloroprocaine (
