Prilocaine Pharmacology
Prilocaine
Surface anaesthesia: Cream containing Lidocaine 2.5% and Prilocaine 2.5% as a eutectic mixture produce local anaesthesia when applied topically to intact skin. It is useful in venepuncture, extracorporeal shock, retrobulbar injections, lumbar puncture, genital wart removal, laser treatment, intravenous or arterial cannulation, split skin grafting, and circumcision.
2. Paresthesia
3. Blurred vision
4. Nausea
5. Nystagmus
6. Disorientation
7. Twitching
8. Fits
9. Hypotension
10. Cardiac depression
11. Bradycardia
12. Asystole
13. Ventricular fibrillation
14. Cardiac arrest
15. Respiratory arrest
Topical:
1.Transient paleness
2.Redness
3.Oedema
2. AV block
3. SA block
4. Intra ventricular block
5. Cardiac decompensation
6. Supra ventricular arrhythmia
7. Conduction disturbances
8. Strokes Adams Syndrome
9. Wolff Parkinson White syndrome
10. Infection or inflammation in puncture region
11. Septicemia
12. Severe hypertension
13. Spinal deformities
14. Neurological disorders
15. Anaemia
16. Methaemoglobinaemia
2. Renal impairment
3. Deliberate individuals
4. Complete or second degree heart block
5. Sinus Bradycardia
6. Heart failure
7. Hypotension
8. Shock
9. Malignant hyperthermia
10. Monitor ECG with caution during therapy
2.Infiltration anaesthesia
Children (above 6 month of age):5 mg / kg body weight
Topical:
Adult: Apply the cream under an occlusive dressing for 60 minutes
Removal of genital warts: Apply for 5 - 10 minutes without occlusive dressing
Children: Apply the cream under an occlusive dressing for 30 minutes
Home Delivery for Prilocaine in Your City
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However, we do publish a comprehensive directory of Pharmacies, Chemists and Druggists in cities all over India. You can use this directory to find the medicine stores in your city (or area) that provide home delivery services for prilocaine and other medicines and health products. Home delivery services for prilocaine may be free or they may cost you depending on the pharmacy and the minimum order requirements. It would be best to get this clarified while placing the order.
Please be aware that you should take prilocaine only if a doctor has recommended or prescribed it. Some or all pharmacies who provide a home delivery service for medicines might insist on a prescription for prilocaine before they complete the sale. You can get this information while placing the order for prilocaine with the pharmacy.
Prilocaine is a generic medicine name and there are several brands available for it. Some of the brands for prilocaine might be better known than prilocaine itself. If the pharmacy that's willing to deliver medicines to your home doesn't have prilocaine in stock, you can ask for one of the branded alternatives for prilocaine.