"Mepivacaine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A local anesthetic that is chemically related to BUPIVACAINE but pharmacologically related to LIDOCAINE. It is indicated for infiltration, nerve block, and epidural anesthesia. Mepivacaine is effective topically only in large doses and therefore should not be used by this route. (From AMA Drug Evaluations, 1994, p168)
| Descriptor ID |
D008619
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.621.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Mepivacaine Hydrochloride- Mepivacaine Hydrochloride
- Hydrochloride, Mepivacaine
- Mepivacaine Monohydrochloride
- Monohydrochloride, Mepivacaine
Carbocaine- Carbocaine
- Carbocaïne
- Scandicain
- Scandicaine
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mepivacaine" by people in Profiles.
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Evans DC, Xu RF, Varady NH, Shaff DA, Fitz W, Shah VM, Chen AF. Optimizing Spinal Anesthesia in Same-Day Discharge Knee Arthroplasty Patients: Mepivacaine Versus Ropivacaine. J Arthroplasty. 2022 12; 37(12):2353-2357.
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Rajpal G, Winger DG, Cortazzo M, Kentor ML, Orebaugh SL. Neurologic Outcomes After Low-Volume, Ultrasound-Guided Interscalene Block and Ambulatory Shoulder Surgery. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2016 Jul-Aug; 41(4):477-81.
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Feierman DE, Mahboobi SK. Mepivacaine overdosage is more likely a cause of intraoperative cardiac arrest than drug-drug interaction. Anesth Analg. 2007 May; 104(5):1294; author reply 1294-5.