Sedative Suite

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Active Constituents

Prilocaine Hydrochloride 20 mg/mL


Indications

Medicaine is indicated whenever local anaesthesia is required, including:

• Infiltration anaesthesia

• Nerve blocks

• Intravenous regional limb perfusion

• Standing surgeries including arthroscopy, aparoscopy, fracture repair, genital/perineal surgery, hoof resections, castrations, respiratory surgery (incl laryngoplasty and sinus surgery)

• Topical anaesthesia including minor dermatological procedures and wound debridement, repair and suturing

• Excision/debulking of skin tumours including sarcoids, melanomas, SCC, etc

• Dentistry including fixation of broken jaws, tooth extraction

• As an adjunct to general anaesthesia to reduce the dose of parenteral/inhaled anaesthetic agents

• Post-operative pain management


Prilocaine causes less tissue irritation and has a longer duration of action compared to other local anaesthetics such as

lignocaine and mepivicaine.

Pack Size

6 x 20mL Vials