LIDOCAINE

Versatile local anaesthetic good both for surface application as well as injection. 

Injected around a nerve to blocks conduction within 3mins. 

Anaesthesia is more intense and longer lasting.

Indications : 

• Surface application, 
• Infilteration, 
• Nerve block, 
• Epidural, 
• Spinal and intravenous regional block anaesthesia. 
• Topical useful for pain and itching due to minor burns, 
• Insect bites, 
• Haemorroids, 
• Fissures. 
• Endotracheal intubation. 
• Ontological, rectal and vaginal examination. 
• Urethral operations, 
• Catheterization, 
• Cystoscopy. 
• Painful cystitis.