A local anesthetic that is chemically related to bupivacaine but pharmacologically related to lidocaine. It is indicated for infiltration, nerve block, and epidural anesthesia. Mepivacaine is effective topically only in large doses and therefore should not be used by this route. (From AMA Drug Evaluations, 1994, p168)
For production of local or regional analgesia and anesthesia by local infiltration, peripheral nerve block techniques, and central neural techniques including epidural and caudal blocks.
Prisma Health Patewood Hospital, Greenville, South Carolina, United States
CHU Nantes, Nantes, France
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, United States
Research Institute of Ophthalmology, Giza, Egypt
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Universidade do Vale do Sapucaí, Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, United States
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