Pharmacology -- Local Anesthetics Agents | Medi tutorials

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Local Anesthetics

Are those agents which causes loss of sensation
in a particular region of the body without
loss of conciousness.

Drug Classification
(On the basis of duration of action)

Short acting: Procaine
Moderately long acting : Cocaine, Lidocaine, Prilocaine
Long acting : Tetracaine, Bupivacaine, Dibucaine

(On the basis of their clinical use)

*Infiltration anesthesia:
Lidocaine
Procaine
Bupivacaine

*Surface anesthesia:
Lignocaine
Benzacaine
Tetracaine
Dibucaine

*Intravenous surgical anesthesia:
Lidocaine
Prilocaine

*Spinal Anesthesia:
Lignocaine
Tetracaine
Bupivacaine

*Epidural anesthesia:
Lignocaine
Bupivacaine
Etodocaine

*Nerve Block Anesthesia:
Short duration of action (20-45 minutes)
Procaine

Intermediate duration of action (60-120 minutes)
Lidocaine
Mepivacaine

Long acting 90 (400-459 minutes)
Tetracaine
Bupivacaine
Etodocaine

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