Prodivakaine 5
Bupivacaine hydrochloride
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Prodivakaine 5 – 5 mg / ml Solution for injection
Prodivakaine 5 contains the active substance bupivacaine hydrochloride. Bupivacaine hydrochloride is a drug used for local infiltration anaesthesia. It is a homolog of local anaesthetics containing aminoacyl group and has more advantages than other local anaesthetics because it has a more prolonged action.
It has a slow onset of action, after 30 minutes, but it has a long duration of action.
Prodivakaine 5 is used:
• as a local anaesthetic;
• as analgesic in surgery or in oral and dental surgery procedures;
• in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures;
• as epidural analgesic for pain relief;
• in therapies prior to surgery;
• in obstetric anesthesia;
• after trauma.
Prodivakaine 5 (vial 20 ml) because of the methylhydroxybenzoate content should not be used for caudal, epidural, or spinal block.
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N01BB01
Shelf life:
36 months
