Amethocaine Hydrochloride

Regional Analgesia for Intra-Abdominal Surgery. With Special Reference to Amethocaine Hydrochloride

Topical amethocaine in strabismus surgery.

A randomized study was performed to assess the effect of topical 1% amethocaine hydrochloride on postoperative analgesia requirements after strabismus surgery. Forty children scheduled for elective operation were allocated randomly to receive either topical amethocaine or normal saline. Postoperative analgesia was evaluated with the use of a four-point assessment score and analgesic requirement...

Topical ophthalmic amethocaine alleviates trigeminal neuralgia pain

BACKGROUND Trigeminal neuralgia (TGN) is a challenging pain syndrome. AIM To test the effectiveness of local instillation of ophthalmic solution of amethocaine in relieving the pain of TGN. METHODS We performed an open-label prospective study in 40 consecutive currently treated patients suffering from TGN with a reported visual analog scale (VAS) >8 (severe pain). The patients received two ...

Effect of dextrose concentration on the intrathecal spread of amethocaine.

Effects of solutions of 0.5% amethocaine, containing different concentrations of dextrose (0%, 1.25%, 2.5% and 5%) were studied after intrathecal injection. The cephalad extent of block was greater with all three dextrose-containing solutions (T6), compared with the isobaric solution which contained no dextrose (T11). The variability of maximum level of block within each group was similar (seve...

Effect of baricity on spinal anaesthesia with amethocaine.

Amethocaine 1% solution was mixed with equal volumes of water, 0.9% saline or 10% dextrose to prepare respectively, hypobaric, isobaric and hyperbaric solutions which were compared for intradural spinal anaesthesia in 60 patients. Thirty patients received 10 mg and 30 patients received 15 mg of amethocaine. Injections were made with the patients in the lateral recumbent position and the operati...