sedation
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These are medications that cause a lot of weight gain, a lot of sedation.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
About 10 days after the attack, doctors reduced her sedation and she emerged from her coma.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Researchers also tracked nausea, vomiting, sedation levels, and length of hospital stay.
From Science Daily ● May 20, 2026
Once the sedation took effect the team had one minute to free him before there was serious risk of breathing difficulties.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
Under their sedation Tessie withdrew into an inner core of herself, a kind of viewing platform from which she could observe her anxiety.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Maybe we are not so interested in perfection and its sedations after all.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2021
For example, she says, using general anesthesia for a colonoscopy when lesser sedations are sufficient can add thousands of dollars to a patient’s bill.
From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 20, 2012
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