anesthetic

Nostalgia for Broadway’s golden age is proving to be a potent societal anesthetic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

And there’s still lots we don’t know about how these drugs work on the brain, even though thousands of patients undergo a general anesthetic every day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

A local anesthetic provides some relief, but providers still recommend taking ibuprofen shortly before your appointment.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2024

Usually the procedure can be carried out under local anesthetic, meaning the person is awake, and takes only about 15 minutes.

From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2024

It was partly because of our complaining, and the desire to show us how the Spartan boy would have had his tonsils out, that Dad decided to have only a local anesthetic for his operation.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Israel struck the Tofigh Daru Research & Engineering Co., one of Iran’s largest pharmaceutical companies which produces anesthetics and cancer drugs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

Their findings are detailed in the paper 'Growth in production and environmental deposition of trifluoroacetic acid due to long-lived CFC replacements and anesthetics'.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2026

The reason, its authors wrote, was that “we had no data available on analgesics or possible local anesthetics used during ritual circumcisions in our cohort, so we were unable to address the paracetamol hypothesis directly.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025

The settlement didn’t spell out the specific changes agreed to by the state, including whether anesthetics would be available.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024

The individual exposed to DDT, for example, is almost certain to be exposed to other liver-damaging hydrocarbons, which are so widely used as solvents, paint removers, degreasing agents, dry-cleaning fluids, and anesthetics.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson