"unfortunately lidocaine and xylocaine are not the same. xylocaine constricts your blood vessels which means good potentials for HEART ATTACK use is not recommended unless your properly qualified"
OK citikidd, just where did you get that info from? Since I'm soo stupid when it comes to chemistry, I just love medicine. Now all the bees who know me are going WTF, I thought he was a paralegal. yea and a navy corpsman who worked for a doctor for a long time and was a pre-med major for 3 years. so heres the facts jack.
Xylocaine and lidocaine are 1 in the same. As I sit here and look at 1 of the 20 or so bottles I have in stock that are 50ml multi dose vials, of the 1% variety. It clearly states that Xylocaine, which is a brand name, is lidocaine HCl injection, USP. This particular type is for infiltration and nerve block. Not for caudal or epidural use. BTW, FED LAW prohib disp. W/O presc.
Now to list the inerts: each ml contains the following: Lidocaine 10mg
NaCl 7mg
methyparaben 1mg
NaOH or HCl to adjust pH ~6.5(5.0-7.0)
I will agree with the part that xylocaine should not be used by those unless trained in emergency measures since anaphalytic shcok can occur, especially with the variety that contians Na metabisulfite, since many people are allergic to sulfa containing meds. And yes there are certain types that also contain epi. For a full discussion on ALS (advanced life support) just do a google search, takes all of 20 seconds and you can find the chart that show which drugs to administer and how much during certain heart rythms or arrythmias.
Hope this clarifies this discussion.
Where TF did assuck go and why ask this question, cause I'm curious. Start a thread and run.
KM
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