Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery

Premedication of Children With Papaveretum-Hyoscine

“…Papaveretum-hyoscine was popularized as a premedication for children by Anderson (1951) who pointed out that, contrary to current opinion, children were particularly tolerant of opiates and proposed a dosage scheme roughly twice as great as that normally used for adults. Although Anderson did not recommend the mixture as a premedication before adenotonsillectomy other authors have suggested its use before this operation (Ballantine and Jackson, 1955;Doughty, 1957). Advantages claimed are the ready acceptance of an intravenous induction, reduction of postoperative resdessness and some degree of amnesia.…”