| It is carried out by an anaesthetist and involves injecting local anaesthetic or painkilling drugs into the epidural space that surrounds the spinal cord. |
| Your doctor or nurse will give you painkilling tablets or injections to reduce any pain that you have after the operation. |
| When Rees was giving birth, she was close to blacking out from pain and turned to reach for the mask supplying a painkilling gas. |
| There are many other alternative painkilling and anti-inflammatory medicines available. |
| The anaesthetist will also use strong painkilling drugs to control pain during and after surgery. |
| Neuro-imaging shows that this deception stimulates the production of naturally occurring painkilling chemicals in the brain. |
