Anesthetics (Parenteral-Local)

Category

• Anesthetic, local

Description

Parenteral-local anesthetics (an-ess-THET-iks) are given by injection to cause loss of feeling before and during surgery, dental procedures (including dental surgery), or labor and delivery. These medicines do not cause loss of consciousness.

These medicines are given only by or under the immediate supervision of a medical doctor or dentist, or by a specially trained nurse, in the doctor's office or in a hospital.

These medicines are available in the following dosage forms:

Parenteral
• Articaine
  • Injection (U.S. and Canada)
• Bupivacaine
  • Injection (U.S. and Canada)
• Chloroprocaine
  • Injection (U.S. and Canada)
• Etidocaine
  • Injection (U.S.)
• Levobupivacaine
  • Injection (U.S.)
• Lidocaine
  • Injection (U.S. and Canada)
• Mepivacaine
  • Injection (U.S. and Canada)
• Prilocaine
  • Injection (U.S. and Canada)
• Procaine
  • Injection (U.S. and Canada)
• Tetracaine
  • Injection (U.S. and Canada)

Brand Names

Some commonly used brand names are:

In the U.S. -

• Carbocaine ⁷
• Carbocaine with Neo-Cobefrin ⁷
• Chirocaine ⁵
• Citanest Forte ⁸
• Citanest Plain ⁸
• Dalcaine ⁶
• Dilocaine ⁶
• Duranest ⁴
• Duranest-MPF ⁴
• Isocaine ⁷
• L-Caine ⁶
• Lidoject-1 ⁶
• Lidoject-2 ⁶
• Marcaine ²
• Marcaine Spinal ²
• Nesacaine ³
• Nesacaine-MPF ³
• Novocain ⁹
• Octocaine ⁶
• Polocaine ⁷
• Polocaine-MPF ⁷
• Pontocaine ¹⁰
• Sensorcaine ²
• Sensorcaine-MPF ²
• Sensorcaine-MPF Spinal ²
• Septocaine ¹
• Xylocaine ⁶
• Xylocaine-MPF ⁶
• Xylocaine-MPF with Glucose ⁶

In Canada -

• Astracaine 4% ¹
• Astracaine 4% Forte ¹
• Carbocaine ⁷
• Citanest Forte ⁸
• Citanest Plain ⁸
• Isocaine 2% ⁷
• Isocaine 3% ⁷
• Marcaine ²
• Nesacaine-CE ³
• Novocain ⁹
• Octocaine-50 ⁶
• Octocaine-100 ⁶
• Polocaine ⁷
• Pontocaine ¹⁰
• Sensorcaine ²
• Sensorcaine Forte ²
• Ultracaine D-S ¹
• Ultracaine D-S Forte ¹
• Xylocaine ⁶
• Xylocaine Test Dose ⁶
• Xylocaine 5% Spinal ⁶

Another commonly used name for lidocaine is lignocaine .