Lidocaine vs novacaine
Common Questions and Answers about Lidocaine vs novacaine
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When I have needed any type of dental treatment that requires an anesthetic, my dentist uses an alternative to Novacaine...Lidocaine(Xylocaine) sometimes combined with Epinepherine. Make sure that your Dentist has a list of your current medications, so that he can be sure that there are no possible drug interactions.
Novacaine has a very short half life, it is about 1.5-2 hours...So 4 days later, it is pretty unlikely that it was still in your system.
It's not likely. It could be one of the other "caines": Marcaine,Lidocaine, etc...anesthetics like Novacaine that you get at the dentist. Pharmeceutical grade cocaine is used medically but more for nose,throat surgeries.
No u will be fine im a dental hygienist lots of girls get teeth pulled ur baby is formed u will be fine I promise its risky if u were in first trimester... and if u keep.tooth u can get infection and worst the pain it gives u...
I had a root canal and afterward I was so woozy that I think the novacaine that he gave me was laced with something. I actually fell down on the sidewalk walking out of the office. Is that possible?
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 had a pacemaker put in November 2010. It was the most horrifying experience I have ever gone through as the lidocaine had absolutely no effect and versed does not work on me so I had full feeling of surgery from the initial incision to the creation of the pocket into my muscle and placement of the pacemaker. My heart rate and blood pressure had been dropping to critical levels. A BP of 60/40 at night and a heart rate in the low to mid thirties was commonplace.
Can you please tell me what type of doctor to follow up with to find out what is going on and prevent a possible worse reaction if he should get novacaine again. The dentist refused to admit that the novacaine could have been the cause as it did not occur as soon as he gave him the shot.
But when I looked it up online, it did say that there are such things as delayed reactions and that if he does in fact have mitochondrial issues that novacaine can cause issues.
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then I had the rest pulled 2 weeks after my c-section, again with just novacaine and a little valium to semi sedate me. I had 27 shots of novacaine that time. I had to get false teeth and after I got them is when my wisdom teeth started coming in one by one. So over the next 3-4 years I had them removed as they started coming in, but I had to have the cut out before they came in completely otherwise they got in the way of my new teeth.
The only other time I have experienced any redness is from giving myself contact dermatitis in my vagina from too much aspercream with lidocaine down there. Am now just using coconut oil with lidocaine for pain and started a ssri. Saw a pain doctor who believes my pain is viral in nature-maybe shingles recurrence (which I have had in the past but not in groin area). Have you ever heard of any cases of herpes like this??
First, I never had any problems receiving novacaine at the Dentist until this past summer. I have had MS - like symptoms for 3 years now.
I just recently had some cavities filled, and twice had a strange "reaction" when the novacaine was administered. This is on the same side of my body that my MS symptoms occur. Both times I had to get a double dose to get numbed up. The first time, it went straight up the side of my face, numb all across my nose and up to my eyeball.
Last Wednesday I had a cavity filled in an upper left molar with novacaine. Two days later I developed a bruise on my left cheek, along with continued swelling and discomfort on the left side. The composite site was fine and I am able to chew. The pain is mostly in my cheek and jawline. It slightly improved on Saturday, but on Sunday and today the pain continues and had actually worsened. This morning I woke up feeling nausated and with a severe headache.
I was really curious so when the hospital called to schedule me I asked to speak to the radiologist who would be performing the procedure BEFORE the day of the procedure. I have a sensitivity to Novacaine so was concerned about the local used. The radiologist was great about explaining the procedure the day before the FNA biopsy. I was a bit confused after what I'd read about the guided ultrasound biopsies to be told to strip to my underwear, no bra, and don a gown.
Is this serious nerve damage? What does this mean prolonged allergic reaction to the Novacaine ? how long could we be talking about?
Are saying it's only been 3 weeks since your last period? You could still take a pregnancy test and it could give you an accurate result. Just use a First Response Early Response and make sure you take it with first morning urine. Even if it comes out negative right now, make sure to tell your dentist that you might be pregnant. If they aren't doing general anasthesia there shouldn't be a problem. Novacaine is ok during pregnancy.
The radiofrequency neurolysis is a good procedure for temporal tendonitis if that is what you have. Lidocaine/cortisone injections are equally effective. Both may need to be repeated. The big issue is why you may have temporal tendonitis---usually from clenching/bruxing associated with TMJ pain or sleep disordered breathing. Follow scottma's advice and find a qualified orofacial pain specialist and get a correct diagnosis.
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