Drug class: Bupivacaine and lidocaine are medications in the same drug class, called amide local anesthetics. How they work: These medicines both block nerve impulses and dull the sensation of pain.

performed a single-blind, randomized, prospective study to investigate whether topical lidocaine application by means of a lollipop could provide efficacious local anesthesia. Fifty patients ...

Local anesthetics such as lidocaine block pain effectively, but they also impair motor and autonomic functions by indiscriminately blocking sodium channels in all neurons. Binshtok et al.

Xylocaine (lidocaine) is longer lasting and is preferred for most procedures. Other common alternative local anesthetics ...

Overall tolerability and safety were assessed, and skin sensory testing was conducted to determine whether local anesthetic activity was produced. The mean maximum plasma lidocaine concentrations ...

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