Many believe that taking pain-relieving medications can affect the disease and its treatment or anesthesia and its effect.
But according to anesthesiologists, this belief is incorrect because painkillers do not affect the treatment process, but rather work to suppress the signals sent to the brain. Also, painkillers do not affect the cause of the pain or the underlying disease, meaning that taking painkillers will not prevent the doctor from accurately diagnosing the cause and prescribing the necessary treatment.
In addition, taking painkillers does not affect the effect of anesthesia, because anesthesia blocks nerve signals in a specific area of the body, which leads to loss of sensation and feeling of pain.
Doctors point out that the mechanism of action of pain relievers and anesthetic drugs is different, and their metabolism in the body is different. Therefore, taking painkillers before surgery will never affect the effectiveness of anesthesia.