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Routes can also be classified based on where the target of action is. Action may be topical (local), enteral (system-wide effect, but delivered through the gastrointestinal tract), or parenteral (systemic action, but is delivered by routes other than the GI tract). Route of administration and dosage form are aspects of drug delivery.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... This is a list of local anesthetic agents. Not all of these drugs are still used in clinical practice and in research ...
Battery-powered intrathecal drug delivery systems are implanted for chronic pain when other options are ruled out, such as surgery and traditional pharmacotherapy, provided that the patient is considered a suitable fit in terms of any contraindications, both physiological and psychological.
Many local anesthetics fall into two general chemical classes, amino esters (top) and amino amides (bottom). A local anesthetic (LA) is a medication that causes absence of all sensation (including pain) in a specific body part without loss of consciousness, [1] providing local anesthesia, as opposed to a general anesthetic, which eliminates all sensation in the entire body and causes ...
Pethidine has the unusual property of being both a local anaesthetic and opioid analgesic, which occasionally permits its use as the sole intrathecal anaesthetic agent. [citation needed] An intrathecal pump system can be used to deliver a local anaesthetic, and/or an opioid and/or an atypical analgesic agent as ziconotide.
Medical intervention Epidural administration A freshly inserted lumbar epidural catheter. The site has been prepared with tincture of iodine, and the dressing has not yet been applied. Depth markings may be seen along the shaft of the catheter. ICD-9-CM 03.90 MeSH D000767 OPS-301 code 8-910 [edit on Wikidata] Epidural administration (from Ancient Greek ἐπί, "upon" + dura mater) is a method ...
For some injections, especially deeper injections, a local anesthetic is given. [30] When giving an injection to young children or infants, they may be distracted by giving them a small amount of sweet liquid, such as sugar solution, [ 31 ] or be comforted by breastfeeding [ 32 ] during the injection, which reduces crying.
Local anesthesia, in a strict sense, is anesthesia of a small part of the body such as a tooth or an area of skin. Regional anesthesia is aimed at anesthetizing a larger part of the body such as a leg or arm. Conduction anesthesia encompasses a great variety of local and regional anesthetic techniques.