This really takes me back . . . When I was in college I had my wisdom teeth removed. The dentist gave me 11 shots of novocaine in the roof of my mouth and 11 in the lower jaw, in an attempt to numb me up enough to remove the wisdom teeth. I still felt everything, starting with the scalpel going in. He got tired of waiting, so he just proceeded with the surgery despite my pain. It was a long time before I went back to a dentist after that, and I never returned to his office. I never made the connection between that and my poor response to other opioids.
You know....I too had 4 impacted wisdoms yanked in 1976 with only a local tooth number like Carbacaine or something
only rich folks went to oral surgeons and got knocked out
today nobody is awake in wisdom pullings
it hurt like all hell, the percodans later were ok though
Novacaine, Procaine and lidocaine are local anesthetics, i.e. they cause a total or partial loss of sensation.
Opioid analgesics, i.e. pain killers, use a completely different mechanism of action.