My medical pet peeve: why is amnesia considered such a great property for a drug to have. Is it universally accepted in the medical field that if and that can be a big if, a patient doesn’t remember a painful experience that makes it acceptable? To an extreme, would everyone except being tortured and experiencing all the pain involved as long as you remember it later on? Just my medical rant of the day.
Analgesia and anxiolysis are the most desirable properties of a drug in this context. Amnesia is considered an added advantage in certain settings, as generally patients don't want to remember unpleasant experiences. But in ICU we almost never pick a drug just based on amnestic property.
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My medical pet peeve: why is amnesia considered such a great property for a drug to have. Is it universally accepted in the medical field that if and that can be a big if, a patient doesn’t remember a painful experience that makes it acceptable? To an extreme, would everyone except being tortured and experiencing all the pain involved as long as you remember it later on? Just my medical rant of the day.
Analgesia and anxiolysis are the most desirable properties of a drug in this context. Amnesia is considered an added advantage in certain settings, as generally patients don't want to remember unpleasant experiences. But in ICU we almost never pick a drug just based on amnestic property.