Lidocaine Baxter
Lidocaine Baxter is a local anesthetic that makes a part of your body numb so you don't feel pain or touch.
Form
injektioneste, liuos
Strength
10 mg/ml
Active Ingredient
Lidocaine hydrochloride
Manufacturer
Baxter Holding B.V.
How to Use
Dosage
Your doctor or nurse will decide the right dose based on your age, health, and the area to be numbed.
Method
A trained healthcare professional will give you this medicine as a local injection.
Important
Your doctor will determine the maximum daily dose. One maximum dose contains about 300 mg of sodium.
Possible Side Effects
RARE
- •Severe allergic reaction, which may include swelling of the face, lips, tongue, or throat, trouble breathing, or an itchy rash. Seek medical help right away.
- •Pain or numbness in your back or lower legs (after spinal anesthesia).
- •Trouble walking (after spinal anesthesia).
- •Trouble controlling your bladder or bowels (after spinal anesthesia).
- •Feeling weak or dizzy (after spinal anesthesia).
- •Slow heart rate or pulse (after spinal anesthesia).
COMMON
- •Feeling dizzy, strange or unreal, drowsy, shaky, or having a numb tongue. These might mean you received too much medicine.
- •Seizures.
- •Blurred vision or seeing double.
- •Ringing in the ears (tinnitus) or sensitivity to normal sounds.
- •High or low blood pressure.
- •Slow heart rate, heart stopping, or changes in heart rhythm.
- •Trouble breathing or breathing stopping.
- •Feeling sick to your stomach (nausea) and throwing up (vomiting).
- •Rash, itchy face, and swelling.
- •Pain, redness, or numbness at the injection site after the numbing effect wears off.
Important Warnings
- Do not use if you are allergic to lidocaine hydrochloride or similar numbing medicines.
- Tell your doctor if you have low blood volume or haven't had enough fluids (hypovolemia).
- Tell your doctor if you have heart problems, especially if they affect your heart rate, or a very slow heart rate.
- Tell your doctor if you have epilepsy or get seizures.
- If the medicine contains adrenaline, it should not be injected into veins or areas like fingers, toes, ears, nose, or the penis, as it can block blood flow too much.
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- Tell your doctor if you have low potassium in your blood, liver or kidney problems, a rare inherited disease called porphyria, a skin infection near the injection site, breathing problems, or muscle weakness (myasthenia gravis).
- Tell your doctor if you are pregnant, planning to get pregnant, or breastfeeding.
- This medicine is not recommended for babies younger than 1 month old.