I believe the drops you are speaking of are Phenol.... This is what I was told my doc would use... He said that the two worse parts of the procedure are the addition of the phenol drops as they burn like no tomorrow, and then when they use suction to remove any fluid behind the ear drum, due to the loud noise and uncomfortable feeling...
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I have never seen it done without any anesthesia, but I have seen it done with a type of local anesthesia, and the folks never complained. The doc just adds some liquid drops down the ear canal, and the drops anesthiatizes (sp) the ear drum...
No biggie