Active Ingredient: Tetracaine
Percutaneous local anaesthetic to produce anaesthesia of the skin prior to venepuncture or venous cannulation.
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
Cutaneous
1 - 5 g
From 1 To 5 g once every day
Adults (including the elderly) and children over 5 years: A maximum of 5 g can be applied.
Adequate anaesthesia can usually be achieved following a thirty minute application time for venepuncture, and a forty-five minute application time for venous cannulation, after which the gel should be removed with a gauze swab and the site prepared with an antiseptic wipe in the normal manner.
It is not necessary to apply tetracaine for longer than 30-45 minutes and anaesthesia remains for 4-6 hours in most patients after a single application.
Application of tetracaine can be repeated after a minimum of 5 hours if necessary.
The maximum cumulative dose in a 24 hour period should not exceed 7 gr for adults.
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