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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / October 2005Epi..???
A while back I had my teeth deep cleaned and they used a numbing medication (gave me a shot in the gums)..it made my heart beat really fast and made me shaky and week..The name started with epi..and I can't remember the rest of the name.....I am pregnant now and hoping for an epidural..wondering if an epidural will give me the same reaction.. The substance in the injection was epinephrine, which is really the adrenaline we all know. There is a chance some of it was shot inside a blood vessel in your gums, which would account for the symptoms you experienced. This happens sometime, but only very occassionally. It is very possible that the injection did not cause those symptoms, but they were brought by by your own anxiety when faced with the dentist and a needle. Even patients who are usually ok with dental treatment can have bad days. As for the epidural, you should really be posting in a obstetrician forum, I'm afraid I can't help you with that. Best of luck, George you know thats what I thought it was called.... I'm okay with being at the dentist.. Thanks for your help >The substance in the injection was epinephrine, which is really the >adrenaline we all know. There is a chance some of it was shot inside a [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >Best of luck, >George >As for the epidural, you should really be posting in a obstetrician >forum, I'm afraid I can't help you with that. > >Best of luck, >George patient: I'd rather have a baby dentist: let me know which so that I can adjust the chair. -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com > A while back I had my teeth deep cleaned and they used a numbing medication > (gave me a shot in the gums)..it made my heart beat really fast and made me > shaky and week..The name started with epi..and I can't remember the rest of > the name.....I am pregnant now and hoping for an epidural..wondering if an > epidural will give me the same reaction.. Epidural has nothing to do with epinephrine. Steve  SignatureMark & Steven Bornfeld DDS http://www.dentaltwins.com Brooklyn, NY 718-258-5001 Thanks! Thank God! >> A while back I had my teeth deep cleaned and they used a numbing medication >> (gave me a shot in the gums)..it made my heart beat really fast and made me [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Steve >> epidural will give me the same reaction.. > >Epidural has nothing to do with epinephrine. > >Steve If you had one administered you might think differently. 8^0 -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com >> A while back I had my teeth deep cleaned and they used a numbing >> medication [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Epidural has nothing to do with epinephrine. I think she meant: "will the epidural contain epinephrine". And the answer is usually: no. >A while back I had my teeth deep cleaned and they used a numbing medication > (gave me a shot in the gums)..it made my heart beat really fast and made [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > the name.....I am pregnant now and hoping for an epidural..wondering if an > epidural will give me the same reaction.. Nope. No epinephrine in the epidural. It could be harmful to the the baby. In fact, most OB's prefer that anesthetics without epi be used on pregnant woment. |
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