New long-acting local anesthetic derived from algae effectively blocks pain in surgical patients
Friday, February 25, 2011 - 02:30
in Health & Medicine
Medical researchers bringing surgical patients closer to having a long-acting local anesthetic. In a randomized, double-blind trial, patients given neosaxitoxin, a new local anesthetic derived from algae, had significantly less postoperative pain and recovered about two days sooner than those given the commonly used local anesthetic bupivacaine.