• MetaSynapse@kbin.social
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      7 months ago

      People with red hair have significantly higher tolerance to pain killers and anaesthetic, and typically need more to achieve the same effect as other people

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      7 months ago

      Yes! What @[email protected] said. My Boyo is only visibly red in the beard, but most painkillers and anaesthetics don’t work in expected ways. To the extent of waking up on the operating table.

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        7 months ago

        You don’t have to be a red head - my mum had weird reactions to valium - it energised her into complete hyperactivity.