A new study from the University of Nottingham has looked at how the anesthetic gases breathed out by animal patients are ...

The results of the current study show that global greenhouse gas emissions from anesthetic gases have decreased by 27% over the last decade to about 2 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.

What is local anesthesia? Learn about when and why it's used, its types, and its side effects and safety.

You might need general anesthesia if you have surgery. It makes you go into a deep sleep, and you don’t feel pain during the procedure.

Inhaled anesthetic agents include nitrous oxide (the oldest of all anesthetics) and various halogenated agents: desflurane (halogenated solely with fluorine halogenation increases potency and is ...

Researchers have figured out how a commonly used general anesthetic drug induces unconsciousness by causing brain activity to become increasingly unstable. The findings could lead to better ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized five shipments containing a total of 57 pounds of ketamine in Philadelphia ...

Reports of Elon Musk’s drug use have renewed attention to ketamine, a powerful anesthetic.

A new molecule acts like a local, long-lasting anesthetic, providing robust pain relief for up to three weeks.

Pharmaceutical company Avenacy has launched Propofol injectable emulsion, USP, in the U.S. to be used for intravenous general anesthetic and sedation. The drug has been approved by the FDA as a ...