Lidocaine Baxter
Lidocaine Baxter is a local anesthetic that causes a loss of feeling or sensation in a specific part of the body.
Form
injektioneste, liuos
Strength
20 mg/ml
Active Ingredient
Lidocaine hydrochloride
Manufacturer
Baxter Holding B.V.
How to Use
Dosage
Your doctor will decide the right dose for you based on your age, physical condition, and how you react to the injection.
Method
This medicine is given by injection by a trained healthcare professional. It can be injected locally around the area to be numbed, near nerves, into the epidural space near the spinal cord, or into a vein in a limb with restricted blood flow.
Important
Your doctor will determine the maximum daily dose for you.
Possible Side Effects
RARE
- •Severe allergic reaction with swelling of your hands, feet, lips, mouth, tongue, or throat.
- •Severe allergic reaction causing breathing difficulties.
- •Severe allergic reaction causing an itchy rash.
- •Seizures or convulsions.
- •Pain or numbness in the back or lower legs after spinal injection.
- •Difficulty walking after spinal injection.
- •Difficulty controlling your bladder or bowels after spinal injection.
- •Weakness or dizziness after spinal injection.
- •Slow heart rate or pulse after spinal injection.
COMMON
- •Dizziness, a strange or unreal feeling, drowsiness, tremor, or numbness of the tongue. These might mean you have received too much medicine.
- •Blurred vision or seeing double.
- •Ringing in the ears (tinnitus).
- •Increased sensitivity to everyday sounds.
- •High or low blood pressure.
- •Slowed heart rate or the heart stopping.
- •Changes in heart rhythm.
- •Breathing difficulties or breathing stopping.
- •Nausea and vomiting.
- •Rash, itching and swelling of the face.
- •Pain, inflammation, or numbness at the injection site after the medicine wears off.
Important Warnings
- Do not take this medicine if you are allergic to lidocaine, other ingredients in this medicine, or similar local anesthetics.
- Tell your doctor if you have heart problems, very low blood volume, or slow heart rate.
- If this medicine contains adrenaline, it should not be injected into veins or certain body parts like fingers or toes.
- Tell your doctor if you have seizures (epilepsy), low potassium, liver or kidney problems, breathing difficulties, or muscle weakness.
- Tell your doctor if you are pregnant, planning to get pregnant, or breastfeeding.
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- Tell your doctor about all other medicines you are taking, as they may interact with Lidocaine Baxter.