Surgery & anaesthesia

Part of Your health

What your anaesthetist needs to know about a prescribed medicine, when to tell them, and what happens before surgery if you do not.

• Do I have to tell my anaesthetist about my prescription?There is no law on this

  There is no law requiring it, and a clear clinical reason to do it. Published anaesthesia research has repeatedly found that regular cannabis users need measurably more anaesthetic

  Australia-wide

Status: not yet checked against primary sources — general information, not legal advice