Epinephrine and local anesthetic
Common Questions and Answers about Epinephrine and local anesthetic
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The dentist prescribed Halcyon (which I took 1 hour before the appointment) saying it will relax me and make numbing easier and the non-epinephrine local anesthetic last longer. He gave me 2 shots of local on each side.
Afterwards, I felt slight pain at one of the injection places, no pain anywhere else. The next day, my face was swollen, and I still had just the slight pain from one of the injections. The swelling was just of the skin of my face, not inside my mouth, not on my lips.
There are local anesthetic formulations available without epinephrine, they just last for shorter periods of time and may require higher doses for efficacy. My experience has been that this means needing to get more injections during dental work than would have been necessary with a "normal" local anesthetic that has epinephrine.
It's the epinephrine in the anesthetic that causes the racing heart, etc. Next time you're at the dentist and you need/want an anesthetic ask for one WITHOUT epinephrine. The medication generally takes a little longer to "kick in" and wears off faster, but your dentist will work with you for maximum comfort.
Even a small dose of local anesthetic injected directly into an artery takes the local anesthetic directly to the brain and induces a seizure. It is specifically for that reason that there are limits to the total amount of local anesthetic used at a time.
This can be altered by adding epinephrine to the lidocaine to decrease the uptake into the blood vessels (you can use a higher dose)
In relation to the nitrous oxide, very unlikely to cause seizures.
both WITHOUT EPINEPHRINE,YES,WITHOUT EPINEPHRINE and I made sure of that before the skin test.They had to discontinue the Lidocaine because of heart side effects.But they finished with the other one and they thought that everything was fine and sent me home..The next day,BOOM! they hit with a vengence..P.V.C.S over and over again lasting for 3 weeks or so until they finally tapered off.
s the epinephrine that is in the lidocaine. You can ask your dentist to use an anesthetic without epinephrine, I have had tons of dental work and always ask for that. Dentist doesn't mind at all and I've never had any problems. It doesn't last as long but if you start to feel anything while they are working the dentist will just give you more. I have done fine with it.
It is going to be a local anesthetic with the surgery being at 1pm. The doctor told me that the procedure lasts and about an hour. My question is can I drink alcohol that night, say around 8pm. What side effects will happen with just a local anesthetic.
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For the first time in 37 years, two weeks ago when I received regular dental anesthetic my heart raced and I started having palpitations. It passed of course in a few minutes and when I went in yesterday for a root canal I asked for the anesthetic without epi. The first shot was fine, but the second injection sill caused my heart to pound hard, my chest felt shallow and made me feel a little panicy. It passed and the 3rd injection did the same.
Local anesthetics can cause seizures, I think some of the local anesthetic must have been injected inadvertently into an artery. Usually very high doses are needed to produce a seizure but if it is injected directly into an artery going into the head and neck area much smaller doses are required.
Does a local anesthetic for eye surgery promote faster healing of the eye versus a general anesthetic?
Sue
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For the first time in 37 years, two weeks ago when I received regular dental anesthetic my heart raced and I started having palpitations. It passed of course in a few minutes and when I went in yesterday for a root canal I asked for the anesthetic without epi. The first shot was fine, but the second injection sill caused my heart to pound hard, my chest felt shallow and made me feel a little panicy. It passed and the 3rd injection did the same.
if the patient isin massive pain we HAVE to take an xray and you will be shielded w/ a lead apron...sometimes two! Anesthetic used is also diff. Usually no epinephrine! Hope this helps!!
Lidocaine used as an anesthetic often has a small amount of epinephrine in the solution. The amount is so small that I have never heard of it causing tachycardia, although this is theoretically possible. Lidocaine and epinephrine is used in the suturing of millions of wounds every year with no cardiac events. My guess is that that is a coincidence here. The temporary fast heart rate in the absence of chest pain, pressure or other symptoms should have no long-lasting effects whatsoever.
I have an irregular heartbeat, after having the epinephrine and have heard the same thing from many others going into Afib from it, or having their Afib made worse. I remind the dentist each and every time. It's not paranoia when there really is a problem!
Has anyone had just a local anesthetic for surgical excision removal of intraductal papilloma? I’m having 2 papillomas removed by local anesthetic was wondering if anybody has done this and how it went and what to expect. I’m having radioactive seeds put in the day before. One by ultrasound and the other with a mammogram. Had already done stereotactical biopsies and both came back benign.
m not sure about that kind of surgery but I had my gallbladder removed and an abdominal xray under general anesthetic at 21wks, and also had a cavity filled at 18wks with local anesthetic.
Also, when I go to the dentist, since I have an arrhythmia, I always ask that they use a local anesthetic (like Novocain) without Epinephrine, which is related to adrenaline. Epinephrine helps to sustain the anesthetic, but can cause heart rhythm problems.
Many people probably don't realize, but Cocaine has a useful purpose in hospitals, as, you guessed it, a local anesthetic.
I have to go have a tooth filled tomorrow and I'm somewhat apprehensive about the anesthetic. I know most often the ones they use contain epinephrine because it's a vasoconstricter and causes the anesthesia to work longer. I know you can request the anesthetic without the epi but then it wears off quickly (like when they are drilling on your tooth). I asked my cardiologist and he said if I didn't get a big dose of the epi, if it was mixed, with the beta blockers I should be ok.
I am due to see orthopedic surgeon tomorrow after he gave me two weeks to decide if I would have surgery to mend a complete rotator cuff tear, he has told me it will be an open repair and has explained that it will be a painful recovery with arm in shoulder hoist for up to seven weeks, that does not worry me but what does is I am terified of having general anesthetic, I did ask if I could have it done under local and keyhole but he said no he does not use that method and that if I dont have the
Thankyou for your response to my question of the local anesthetic not taking effect, I will explore your suggestions of hypnosis, oral sedation, nitrous oxide, or in-office intravenous sedation.
My next question is "How are these methods administered?
All local anesthetic used in dentistry today are amides rather than esters. With the old ester-type locals (no longer used), cross-allergenicity did occur, so if you were allergic to one ester-type local anaesthetic, all the others were contraindicated.
The good thing about the amides used nowadays is that cross-allergenicity does not occur. In other words, allergy to one amide local doesn't mean that you're allergic to other amide locals.
I was re-reading my first post, and the shortness of breath started Thursday afternoon one day after the steroid shot, so that makes that 10 days after the cosmetic procedure, so unlikely a side effect of the local anesthetic, and that makes it 1 day before I was told to stop my synthroid. I had taken plain Claritan before without side effects in the past. so I'm guessing the culprit was the steroid shot.
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