5. Ropivacaine
• Intermediate onset
• Compared to bupivacaine
– Less potent
– less cardiotoxic
– Similar action duration
– More motor sparing
• For infiltration, epidural and regional anaesthesia
• Continuous epidural use for post-operative and
labour pain relief
6. Etidocaine
• Fast onset, analgesia 2-3 times longer
• For infiltration and nerve block anaesthesia
• Peridural analgesia ( more motor blockade and
abdominal muscle relaxation)
• Limited use in vaginal delivery ( block expulsion)
• X spinal anaesthesia
– May produce convulsion
• Similar cardiotoxic with bupivacaine
7. Dibucaine / Cinchocaine
• Very potent, longest acting, slow onset, rarely
used
• For surface anaesthesia in anal canal and
rectum and spinal anaesthesia of long
duration
• More toxic than bupivacaine
• Pseudocholinesterase inhibitor
9. Lignocaine / Lidocaine /
Xylocaine
• Most widely used ,multipurpose, fast,
• Max. effect : 2-5 minutes, lasts for 30-45 min
• Useful for all types of blocks
• Available as: 4% topical solution, 2% jelly, 5% ointment,
1%, 2% injection ,5% spinal anaesthesia and 10% spray
• Formulation with epinephrine:
– Delay absorption ,prolong action,reduce toxicity
• Intratechal/ epidural of lidocaine with opioid
analgesic (SYNERGISTIC)
10. • Cause
– (low) drowsiness
– (increased) dizziness, paraesthesia, euphoria
– (high)confusion, vertigo, tinnitus, nausea
• Precipitate seizure, respiratory depression, coma
– Treatment: Diazepam/ Thiopental
• Other uses:
– IV : ventricular arrythmia during MI
• Propanolol impair clearance, increasing toxicity
11. Mepivacaine
• Compared to lidocaine :
– More rapid onset
– Longer action
– Not effective as topical
• Similar toxicity to lidocaine
12. Prilocaine
• Intermediate onset and duration
• Poor VSD
• Cause CNS toxicity
– Restricted to dental procedure (infiltration, nerve
block )
• Used in eutectic mixture
• Similar lidocaine toxicity except:
– Orthotoluidine cause neonatal methaemoglobinaemia
– IV methyl blue
13.
14. Eutectic Mixture
• Lignocaine + Prilocaine
• Preparation for anaesthesia of intacted skin
• Low melting point of mixture penetrate
intact skin
• Dermal anaesthesia during venesection, skin
graft, IV cannulation
• Apply an hour before procedure
15. Conclusion
Ester
• Poor penetrability
• Short duration
• Hydrolysed by plasma and
liver esterases
• Hypersensitivity common
Amide
• Good penetrability
• Longer duration
• Degraded by hepatic
microsome
• Rare hypersensitivity
16. Referance
• HL Sharma and KK Sharma, Principles of
Pharmacology,2nd
edition, 2012.
• Padmaja Udaykumar, Textbook of Medical
Pharmacology, 2nd
edition, 2010.