premedication

British  

/ ˌpriːmɛdɪˈkeɪʃən /

noun

1. surgery any drugs administered to sedate and otherwise prepare a patient for general anaesthesia

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Example Sentences

The researchers say while some progress has been made in mitigating adverse reactions through slow infusion and premedication with steroids and antihistamines, a significant number of people still experience reactions.

From Science Daily

For example: “We do not recommend premedication with ibuprofen or Tylenol before COVID-19 vaccines due to the lack of data on how it impacts the vaccine-induced antibody responses,” Simone Wildes, an infectious disease specialist at South Shore Medical Center in Massachusetts, told ABC.

From Washington Post

And at a rally in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday, Mr. Trump still showed a penchant for going off script, reading the word “premeditation” as “premedication” during an attack on Mrs. Clinton — and then, after a pause, saying he preferred “premedication,” an apparent nod to conspiracy theories that his allies have spread about her health.

From New York Times

A generic medicine, it is used in anesthesia as a premedication, in emergency situations or during surgery to make the heart beat faster, and to reverse the effects of poisons that make people hyper-salivate, or foam at the mouth.

From Reuters

Abraxane uses albumin, a human protein, to deliver the chemotherapy, as opposed to other chemotherapy drugs that use chemical solvents, thus eliminating the need for premedication with steroids or antihistamines for hypersensitivity reactions that are caused by chemical solvents.

From Reuters