Medically reviewed by Jenny A. Dhingra, MD Local anesthesia involves using medications (local anesthetics) to numb an area of your body. It's used to prevent pain during and after surgery or other ...

These are often prescribed in addition to local anesthesia and regional anesthesia, as part of a multimodal regimen to help expedite your recovery after surgery. Intravenous "I.V." or Intramuscular "I ...

Penile nerve blocks, local anesthetics, various operative instruments, acetaminophen, sweet oral solutions, pacifiers, a physiologic restraining device, intrauterine sounds, and music all have ...

A chart-review study found low-dose dexamethasone mixed with local anesthetic was the optimal injectate for use in ILESIs for lumbar radiculopathy.