Lidocaine novocaine
Common Questions and Answers about Lidocaine novocaine
lidoderm
Had an experience with lidocaine yesterday at the dentist office. I had a deep cavity filled and was given novocaine, lidocaine with epinephrine. After that, my heart was racing, hands were shaking and had to sit up . Immediately told the dentist and dental assistant, they gave me a few minutes waiting for the medicine to numb the area an to wait out the shaky feeling I had. After a few minutes, they did the dental procedure that went well.
I have had bad reactions to regular novocaine in the past, prior to my SVT diagnosis in 2001, so he has given me lidocaine since then. For the past ten years prior to my ablation in April 2011, I was on beta blockers (atenolol) so there were no issues. I was taken off beta blockers 3 weeks after my ablation. Have had dental work requiring lidocaine since then, with no issues until now.
While he was injecting the second shot of novocaine, an SVT episode suddenly triggered.
t find any scientific articles that specifically deal with positive test results of cocaine from the use of lidocaine (anesthetic) but it is mentioned a few times. Here's a website with the information posted for false positives. You may want to contact the writer of the article to see what his/her sources were.
http://www.med.nyu.edu/patientcare/library/article.html?
I'm not embarrassed. I told you I don't care. How does "just novocaine used" say I WASN'T using it as a generic term? Your first post got me wondering, so I looked it up.
I'm just more interested in why you picked MY post, when this board is littered with novocaine references. Who really cares? Your tone and phrase was "I'm sure that's what you meant" which I have to wonder...who cared?
I remember last time I had my tooth extracted, I just got Lidocaine and that was it. What are my other options? The doctor said it would be more complicated than just a regular extraction where you spread the gums and just pop it out. He said he would have to scrape the bone a little to clean it. Bottom line I don't want either general or Nitrous. Help!!!!
Thank you all for your advice! Misawa47, I can't believe you had a biopsy with no novocaine... that is terrible! Hospital incompetence! I'll be thinking of you. My experience wasn't that bad with the biopsy... I was totally numb and brought my IPOD. I did specifically tell them that I had a bad reaction to Epinepherine in Novocaine at the dentist once and they said, they wouldn't use the Lidocaine with Epinepherin.
U can go to dentist have everything a non preg person can have except they have to give u lidocaine versus novicane get double shielded and get "permission slip" from obgyn good luck hun.
So many medications are coming out in the transdermal application that it would not surprise me if there is now a muscle relaxant the is delivered through the skin. There is a Novocaine (numbing) type of patch and an ant-inflammatory one that have become more widely used. I would ask your pharmasicts as he/she should have the most current information on medications that have new delivery systems. Are you unable to take an oral muscle relaxant?
Good luck to you.
I'm sorry you're having dental problems. I'm with you - I absolutely HATE the dentist - I'm petrified of them.
I do know that many dentists nowadays offer what is called "sedation dentistry". They usually give you a combination of, or similar to, what Quattro has suggested - valium and nitrous. This will allow you to be comfortable and less anxious about being in the dental chair.
This was day after I had a filling at the dentist with lidocaine/novacaine. Went to ENT on emergency basis, and he called it neurosensorihearing loss or sudden hearing loss with no explanation. Put on Valtrex and Prednisone against my feelings about how bad these drugs are for you but I was at their mercy. He said only 50/50 chance it would come back. My question is this: if everything I read so far says 98% of people do not recover their hearing, why is there a rush to get treatment at all?
I went to the dentist on Tuesday and i had a filling done. I had the usually novocaine or whatever it is to numb the right side of my mouth. I never felt any pain from my tongue when the dentist did it like some people say they do, but i still do have a slight tingling sensation on the right side of my tongue. The tip of the tongue and the left side however is normal, and the numbing feeling of the right cheek and right part of the lip went the same day i had the dental work.
yes your dentist should replace it. if he doesnt need to drill you wont need more novocaine. it depends on why the filling came out.
I looked Novacaine (Novocaine/Novocain) up on the web and found one side possible side effect is "slow, irregular heart beat". I've never had any noticeable reactions and I had a mouth full last month when I had a redo on a full crown. I suffer from AFib, so I am (over) conscious of heart beat, and I didn't notice anything.
Some people have allergic reactions, ask you dentist what they think.
Hi Natalie,
Welcome! I'm sorry I don't know a lot about dental care. I do know about injections in other areas of you body - but I am far from an expert in any thing!
From personal and family experience the area where Novocaine is injected can stay sore or tender for several days and sometimes a week. Remember that the area that was injected is associated with the nerves in your mouth - that's bound to hurt.
Do you have any redness or swelling?
my co-worker gave me a new 10ml bottle of lidocaine, he uses it to give himself stitches. advice as to where to put the needle (i got from cvs insulin 31g-8mm),what to expect ie: will it burn- how long b4 its numb, and if i split the nail will it grow back? any advice will help..
I think I have decided to let all my teeth rot out of my head before I go through this again. For the last 4 yrs, every single time I have dental work done and get a novocaine injection I get the worst bout of feeling AWFUL that lasts for weeks. The first time was over a root canal. Had sinus infection that left me taking antibotics for 6 weeks and I was dizzy and unbalanced most of the 6 weeks.
5 days so far and the pain is gone but my face is still numb. I did not get novocaine or anything- it is from the abscess itself.. When will this go away and the sensation return to my face?
Re: Lidocaine Enemas. I am warning everyone to be careful. My brother just died 3/31/12 from a lidocaine enema. He was only 28. (Lidocaine Intoxication) Lidocaine in liquid form. I don't want anyone elses loved ones to die like this. I hope everyone will be careful when dealing w/lidocaine. it is a dangerous substance when not used properly.
No only local anesthesia is allowed (novocaine shot) so you might wanna wait til after you deliver :/
There are no contraindications for using lidocaine for the purpose described. The only danger is that lidocaine completely anesthetizes tissue, which is why you can cut or suture an area treated by lidocaine. Thus it is possible to cause a tear or injury that would not be noticed until the lidocaine wore off. In the case of normal intercourse, this should not be a problem.
The Novocaine was slow wearing off also.
I will be asking my doctor to perform additional T4, T3 and TSH testing when I see him on Wednesday. I do think that increasing my Synthroid up to 200 mcg might help a lot with my symptoms and put me on a more even keel. I need to be productive and focused during work, can't afford fatigue, mood swings, joint pains, etc.
Thanks for your input.
Recommended
