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.
Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Upplands Väsby Ungdomsmottagning, Stockholm, Sweden
Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine - University of Parma, Parma, PR, Italy
Hospital Clinico Universitario, Valladolid, Spain
Instituto de Biologia y Genetica Molecular, Valladolid, Spain
Centre Hospitalier Sallanches Chamonix, Sallanches, France
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de GRENOBLE, Grenoble, France
Centre Hospitalier d'Albertville moutiers, Albertville, France
University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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