PHARMACOLOGY Toxicity of local anaesthesia : Cardiovascular effects Does general anaesthesia converge on the pathways producing sleep New neuromuscular blocking drugs and reversal agents Nitrous oxide : Is it obsolete ? Acute opioid tolerance Angiotensin conversion inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers : Effects and management during anaesthesia Mechanisms of anaesthetic Action in the Brain: Why we know so much and understand so little The role of xenon in anaesthesia Suxamethonium; Is it still necessary? New ideas with regard to drug metabolism Pharmaco-dynamics : Pain (acute and chronic) medication Newer methods of drug administration Chair C Royse R Mirakhur J F Coetzee M Perouansky B Mets J Sear M Maze T Asai Faculty for this session include : C Royse N Franks R Mirakhur P Myles B Mets H-J Priebe M Perouansky M Maze T Asai J Sear J Coetzee K-H Tan