Epinephrine: Side Effects, Uses & Monitoring

Labeled uses

MARCAINE is indicated for the production of local or regional anesthesia or analgesia for surgery, dental and oral surgery procedures, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and for obstetrical procedures. Only the 0.25% and 0.5% concentrations are indicated for obstetrical anesthesia. (See WARNINGS .) Experience with nonobstetrical surgical procedures in pregnant patients is not sufficient to recommend use of 0.75% concentration of MARCAINE in these patients. MARCAINE is not recommended for intravenous regional anesthesia (Bier Block). See WARNINGS . The routes of administration and indicated MARCAINE concentrations are: ∙ local infiltration                                                                                 0.25% ∙ peripheral nerve block                                                                      0.25% and 0.5% ∙ retrobulbar block                                                                              0.75% ∙ sympathetic block                                                                             0.25% ∙ lumbar epidural                                                                                 0.25%, 0.5%, and 0.75%                             …