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Lidocaine hydrochloride
2%) solution for injection ampoules (Advanz Pharma
N01BB02
Lidocaine hydrochloride
20mg/1ml
Solution for injection
Intravenous; Intramuscular; Subcutaneous
No Controlled Drug Status
Valid as a prescribable product
BNF: 15020100; GTIN: 5099602320451
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START USING THIS MEDICINE. Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again. If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist. This medicine has been prescribed for you. Do not pass it on to others. It may harm them, even if their symptoms are the same as yours. If any of the side effects become serious, or if you notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet, please tell your doctor or pharmacist. The product is referred as above but for ease it has been mentioned as Lidocaine hydrochloride throughout the leaflet. In this leaflet: 1. What Lidocaine Hydrochloride is and what it is used for 2. Before you are given Lidocaine Hydrochloride 3. How Lidocaine Hydrochloride is given to you 4. Possible side effects 5. How to store Lidocaine Hydrochloride 6.Further information 1. WHAT LIDOCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR Lidocaine Hydrochloride is a local anaesthetic and belongs to a class of drugs called amide type local anaesthetics. It produces loss of feeling or sensation confined to one part of the body. Lidocaine Hydrochloride Injection may be used to produce local numbness (anaesthesia) by injection of the solution into or around the area of operation. It may also be used to produce local anaesthesia by injection of the solution close to the nerves whose conduction is to be cut off, or into the epidural space near the spinal cord, or by administering the solution into a vein in a limb that has been isolated from the circulation by means of a tourniquet (bandage that stops the flow of blood from vessel by applying pressure). 2. BEFORE YOU ARE GIVEN LIDOCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE YOU SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN THIS MEDICINE: • if you know you are allergic to lidocaine hydrochloride, to any of the other ingredients (see Section 6 of this leaflet) or to other similar amide type anaesthetics • if you suffer from state of decreased blood volume (hypovolaemia) • if you suffer from abnormality of impulse propagation in the heart causing decreased bloo Citiți documentul complet
OBJECT 1 LIDOCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE 2% W/V SOLUTION FOR INJECTION Summary of Product Characteristics Updated 18-Sep-2014 | Concordia International - formerly AMCo 1. Name of the medicinal product Lidocaine Hydrochloride Injection BP 2% w/v. 2. Qualitative and quantitative composition Each 1ml of solution contains 20mg of Lidocaine Hydrochloride. 3. Pharmaceutical form Solution for injection. 4. Clinical particulars 4.1 Therapeutic indications Lidocaine is a local anaesthetic of the amide group. Lidocaine Hydrochloride Injection BP is for use in infiltration anaesthesia, intravenous regional anaesthesia and nerve blocks. 4.2 Posology and method of administration The method of administration of lidocaine varies according to the procedure (infiltration anaesthesia, intravenous regional anaesthesia or nerve block). The dosage should be adjusted according to the response of the patient and the site of administration. The lowest concentration and smallest dose producing the required effect should be given. The maximum dose for healthy adults should not exceed 200 mg [or 500mg if given in solutions containing adrenaline (epinephrine)]. Children and elderly or debilitated patients require smaller doses, commensurate with age & physical status. 4.3 Contraindications Known hypersensitivity to anaesthetics of the amide type; hypovolemia; complete heart block. Solutions containing adrenaline (epinephrine) should not be used in areas of the body supplied by end arteries or otherwise having a compromised blood supply such as digits, nose, ear or penis. Solutions containing adrenaline (epinephrine) should not be given intravenously. 4.4 Special warnings and precautions for use Lidocaine should only be used by people with skills in resuscitation. Facilities and equipment for resuscitation should be available when administering local anaesthetics. As with other local anaesthetics, lidocaine should be used with caution in patients with epilepsy, myasthenia gravis, congestive cardiac failure, bradycardia or respiratory depression, inc Citiți documentul complet