A local anesthetic (LA) is a medication that causes absence of all sensation (including pain) in a specific body part without loss of consciousness, providing...

conditions, like local anesthetic toxicity, airway trauma or malignant hyperthermia, can be more directly attributed to specific anesthetic drugs and techniques...

into two broad classes: general anesthetics, which result in a reversible loss of consciousness, and local anesthetics, which cause a reversible loss of...

signals traveling along a nerve, often for the purpose of pain relief. Local anesthetic nerve block (sometimes referred to as simply "nerve block") is a short-term...

This is a list of local anesthetic agents. Not all of these drugs are still used in clinical practice and in research. Some are primarily of historical...

achieved. Clinical local anesthetics belong to one of two classes: aminoamide and aminoester local anesthetics. Synthetic local anesthetics are structurally...

A topical anesthetic is a local anesthetic that is used to numb the surface of a body part. They can be used to numb any area of the skin as well as the...

anesthesia to dentistry. It includes local anesthetics, sedation, and general anesthesia. In dentistry, local anesthetic medications (LA) are often used to...

Procaine is a local anesthetic drug of the amino ester group. It is most commonly used in dental procedures to numb the area around a tooth and is also...

Etomidate FlyNap Infiltration analgesia Inhalational anaesthetic Ketamine Local anesthetic Methohexital Midazolam Neuraxial blockade Propofol Thiopental Thiopentone...

the veterinary medicine field dedicated to the proper administration of anesthetic agents to non-human animals to control their consciousness during procedures...

epidural route is used by physicians and nurse anesthetists to administer local anesthetic agents, analgesics, diagnostic medicines such as radiocontrast agents...

Articaine is a dental amide-type local anesthetic. It is the most widely used local anesthetic in a number of European countries and is available in many...

least medical imaging (generally X-ray initially) and/or response to local anesthetic injection is necessary for workup. However, imaging studies are unable...

is that patients can often see immediate and permanent relief from local anesthetic and the effectiveness of Botox injections as a muscle relaxer. Piriformis...

is a local anesthetic of the amino amide type. It is also used to treat ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation. When used for local anaesthesia...

among others is a local anesthetic given by injection. It is used as the hydrochloride salt. Chloroprocaine is a local anesthetic. Chloroprocaine (Nesacaine)...

unclear if use in pregnancy or breastfeeding is safe. Benzonatate is a local anesthetic and voltage-gated sodium channel blocker.[unreliable medical source...

under the trade name EMLA (an abbreviation for Eutectic Mixture of Local Anesthetics). As a spray, it is marketed under the name Tempe (topical eutectic-like...

used medically today, its accepted uses include serving as a topical local anesthetic for the upper respiratory tract and as an antihemorrhagic agent to...

technology were invented such as the porcelain crowns (1903), Novocain (a local anesthetic) 1905, precision cast fillings (1907), nylon toothbrushes (1938), water...

involving the lower extremities and surgeries below the umbilicus. The local anesthetic with or without an opioid injected into the cerebrospinal fluid provides...

effect and motor block effect of the anesthetic by up to an hour. Epinephrine is frequently combined with local anesthetic and can cause panic attacks. Epinephrine...

appropriate short-acting local anesthetic and drugs such as levobupivacaine or ropivacaine are appropriate long-acting local anesthetics. The amount of drugs needed...

Novocaine is the commercial name for procaine, a local anesthetic. Novocaine may also refer to: Novacaine (band), an American rock music group The Novocaines...

amount of local anesthetic solution that is absorbed into the circulation and carried from the local tissues. Hence, use of local anesthetics with vasoconstrictors...

surgery of the upper extremity. This technique involves the injection of local anesthetic agents in close proximity to the brachial plexus, temporarily blocking...

form of local anesthesia. Pudendal anesthesia can be used to diagnose as well as treat illnesses. A nerve block is the use of local anesthetic (e.g lidocaine)...

blocking injection utilizing a combination of corticosteroids and local anesthetic. The condition predominantly affects women over the age of 40, though...

techniques. If these medications cannot effectively manage the pain, local anesthetic may be directly injected to the nerve in a procedure called a nerve...