Animal NDC 57319-533-05 Lidocaine Hydrochloride 2%
Lidocaine
Animal Product Information
Lidocaine Hydrochloride 2% Animal Product Labeling Information
The product labeling information includes all published material associated to a drug. Product labeling documents include information like generic names, active ingredients, ingredient strength dosage, routes of administration, appearance, usage, warnings, inactive ingredients, etc.
Table of Contents
Indications & Usage
CAUTION: Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.
FOR ANIMAL USE ONLY
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN
INDICATIONS
Lidocaine is a potent local anesthetic for producing epidural and nerve conduction anesthesia.
Contraindications
Lidocaine is contraindicated in animals with a known hypersensitivity to the drug.
Precautions
Lidocaine is usually well tolerated. Nevertheless, as with all local anesthetics, untoward effects may occur due to hypersensitivity, faulty technique, overdosage and inadvertent intravascular or subarachnoid injection. In case of respiratory arrest, immediate resuscitation with oxygen is indicated.
Dosage And Administration
Epidural
Cattle and Horses - 5 to 15 mL
Dogs and Cats - 1 mL per 10 pounds of body weight.
Nerve Block
Cattle and Horses - 5 to 20 mL
Infiltration
Dilute to 0.5% concentration (1 mL of 2% solution diluted with 3 mL of sterile water = 4 mL of a 0.5% solution)
Composition
Each mL of sterile aqueous solution contains:
Lidocaine Hydrochloride........................2.0%
Propylene Glycol..................................5.2%
Sodium Chloride...................................0.5%
Sodium Lactate....................................0.5%
with Methylparaben 0.15%, Sodium Metabisulfite 0.10%,
Propylparaben 0.03%, and Disodium Edetate 0.001% as preservatives.
Storage And Handling
Store at controlled room temperature between 15o and 30oC (59o-86oF)
TAKE TIME OBSERVE LABEL DIRECTIONS
* The information on this page is for an ANIMAL PRODUCT, please review the complete disclaimer below.