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What Drug Can Be Used To Wake A Patient Up From Coma?
Question: Hi, I am writing a book(fiction of course). In this book there is a person who is sentenced to life in prison but due to special abilities he is also sentenced to carry out the sentence in a coma. I know that Propofol and Phenabarbatol can be used to induce the profound coma. Aside from weaning a patient off the drugs is there another way to wake the patient out of the coma such as a drug or combination of drugs that would be used to do the job?
Brief Answer:
Medically induced coma can be reversed only by drug gradual withdrawal
Detailed Answer:
Hello sir and welcome.
Thank you for writing to us.
I have gone through your query with diligence and would like you to know that I am here to help. The type of coma you are speaking about is called a 'medically induced coma'. The 'medically' here refers to the medications (mostly barbiturates) administered to induce the coma.
The coma in such circumstances is maintained by the dosage of barbiturates administered (as there is no fixed dose to induce a coma, and it all depends on the individual response), and the only way to wean the individual off the drugs and bring them back to a conscious and alert state is to gradually reduce the dosage of the drugs being administered. There is no other way sir.
I hope you find my response both helpful and informative. Please feel free to write back to me for any further clarifications, I would be more than happy to help you.
Best wishes.
Medically induced coma can be reversed only by drug gradual withdrawal
Detailed Answer:
Hello sir and welcome.
Thank you for writing to us.
I have gone through your query with diligence and would like you to know that I am here to help. The type of coma you are speaking about is called a 'medically induced coma'. The 'medically' here refers to the medications (mostly barbiturates) administered to induce the coma.
The coma in such circumstances is maintained by the dosage of barbiturates administered (as there is no fixed dose to induce a coma, and it all depends on the individual response), and the only way to wean the individual off the drugs and bring them back to a conscious and alert state is to gradually reduce the dosage of the drugs being administered. There is no other way sir.
I hope you find my response both helpful and informative. Please feel free to write back to me for any further clarifications, I would be more than happy to help you.
Best wishes.
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