INDICATIONS

Lidocaine is a potent local anesthetic for producing epidural, nerve conduction and infiltration anesthesia.

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Lidocaine is contraindicated in animals with a known hypersensitivity to the drug.

PRECAUTIONS

Lidocaine is usually well tolerated. Nevertheless, as with all local anesthetics, untoward effects may occur due to hypersensitivity, faulty technique, overdosage and inadvertent intravascular or subarachnoid injection. In case of respiratory arrest, immediate resuscitation with oxygen is indicated.

DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION

Epidural
Cattle and Horses - 5 to 15 mL
Dogs and Cats - 1 mL per 10 pounds of body weight.
Nerve Block
Cattle and Horses - 5 to 20 mL
Infiltration
Dilute to 0.5% concentration (1 mL of 2% solution diluted with 3 mL of sterile water = 4 mL of a 0.5% solution)

COMPOSITION

Each mL of sterile aqueous solution contains:
Lidocaine Hydrochloride........................2.0%
Propylene Glycol..................................5.2%
Sodium Chloride...................................0.5%
Sodium Lactate....................................0.5%
with Methylparaben 0.15%, Sodium Metabisulfite 0.10%,
Propylparaben 0.03%, and Disodium Edetate 0.001% as preservatives.
 

Store at controlled room temperature between 15o and 30oC (59o-86oF)

TAKE TIME OBSERVE LABEL DIRECTIONS

Local Anesthetic

Rev. 12-03           L-2000-04

Net Contents: 100 mL

Manufactured for
VETTEK
Blue Springs, MO 64014

NDC 60270-333-10