Adding mannitol increases the effectiveness of inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) block anesthesia, according to a new study in Anesthesia Progress (Winter 2011, Vol. 58:4, pp. 157-165). The most commonly ...

When patients walk into the office already in moderate to severe pain, their duress heightens the need for an effective anesthetic prior to treatment. Given the successful pain management of ...

Medically reviewed by Nicholas R. Metrus, MDMedically reviewed by Nicholas R. Metrus, MD A nerve block for migraine headaches involves an injection of a local anesthetic into the base of the skull or ...