Today, physicians have many ways to make sure their patients are as comfortable as possible during surgery or procedures for diagnosing medical conditions. One common type of pain control is called sedation, which relaxes you and sometimes makes you fall asleep.

What type of sedation puts you to sleep?

IV Deep Sedation and General Anesthesia – Deep sedation and general anesthesia are sedatives that put patients to sleep almost completely during the procedure. Unlike oral sedation or IV moderate sedation where patients become very drowsy but are awake, deep sedation causes unconsciousness.

How long does sedation make you sleep?

The effects of local anesthetic typically last for anywhere from four to six hours, though you may still feel some numbness and tingling for up to 24 hours after the procedure has been completed.