Mepivacaine
Mepivacaine is a local anaesthetic of the amino amide type. Mepivicaine has a reasonably rapid onset and medium duration and is marketed under various trade names including Carbocaine and Polocaine.
Mepivicaine is used in local infiltration and regional anaesthesia.
A local anaesthetic that is chemically related to bupivacaine but pharmacologically related to lidocaine. It is indicated for infiltration, nerve block, and epidural anaesthesia. Mepivacaine is effective topically only in large doses and therefore should not be used by this route. (From AMA Drug Evaluations, 1994, p168)
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