[General anesthesia and long term psychotropic treatments].
Anesthesists often ask for withdrawal of psychotropic treatment a few days before surgery. Usually they do not differentiate among the various classes of psychotropic drugs. Some drugs, including MAO inhibitors and reserpine-like agents, can induce or precipitate accidents; however, this does not occur with other types of antidepressants, neuroleptics and minor tranquilizers. The authors review the psychiatric risks related to such withdrawals; these risks are to be considered. They report that in 8,210 ECT under general anesthesia (among which 5,688 were done without psychotropic withdrawal) there was no occurrence of severe accidents.
D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000009:adverse effects; D000777:Anesthetics; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D000777:Anesthetics; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs
Anesthésie générale et traitements psychotropes au long cours.