“Does anesthesia cause muscle twitching?”
I was administered anesthesia during my test and now I noticed that the muscle in my arm is twitching. Could this be from the anesthesia?
6 Answers
Twitching should really happen only at the time of drug administration and only with one kind of muscle relaxant.
May be due to position and not to the anesthesia itself. There are drugs and relaxants that produce this, but it takes minutes to disappear.
I hope this problem was short-lived for you. There could be a number of things that contribute to something like this, and it would be difficult to assess without a more thorough history and exam. Most things like this go away after a few days.
I would say most likely it is unrelated.
Typically, anesthetic agents do not cause muscle twitching, especially those in use today. You might check with your doctor who performed the test and they can advise what happened, and check what anesthetics were used.
George A. Mampilly
Anesthesiologist
It depends on the type of anesthesia that was administered. I am not sure what you mean by test? If it was test wherein say a local anesthetic drug was administered into a muscle as part of the test, it is possible as the local anesthetic wears of, twitching can occur in rare cases and it is not a cause for concern. If the twitching lasts for more than a few hours, you can call and speak to someone that did the test and get more information.
