# Drug tolerance and general anesthesia

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-tolerance-and-general-anesthesia/648980>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 1, 2013, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-tolerance-and-general-anesthesia/648980 "2013-02-01T00:00:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-tolerance-and-general-anesthesia/648980/1 "2013-02-01T00:00:35Z")

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Does this really matter at all? Seems a competent anesthesiologist would recognize more drug is needed whether due to tolerance or just individual variation and compensate right?

I just can’t believe if it really mattered there would not be more stories about mishaps out there, people jerking awake screaming during surgery etc. There are a ton of secret drug users/addicts.