Iontocaine
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Iontocaine, known by the brand name Numby, is a local anesthetic with vasoconstrictor
, administered via iontophoresis
through the skin. It can numb up to 10 mm of skin as quick as 10 minutes. It is a 2% lidocaine
, 0.01 mg/ml epinephrine
solution. It was manufactured by IOMED, Inc.
Iontocaine was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration on 21 December 1995. It was discontinued by the manufacturer in 2005.
Local anesthetic with vasoconstrictor
A local anesthetic with vasoconstrictor is a combination drug of a local anesthetic in order to induce absence of pain in an area, given with a vasoconstrictor in order to increase the duration of local anesthesia by constricting the blood vessels, thereby safely concentrating the anesthetic agent...
, administered via iontophoresis
Iontophoresis
Iontophoresis is a technique using a small electric charge to deliver a medicine or other chemical through the skin. It is basically an injection without the needle...
through the skin. It can numb up to 10 mm of skin as quick as 10 minutes. It is a 2% lidocaine
Lidocaine
Lidocaine , Xylocaine, or lignocaine is a common local anesthetic and antiarrhythmic drug. Lidocaine is used topically to relieve itching, burning and pain from skin inflammations, injected as a dental anesthetic or as a local anesthetic for minor surgery.- History :Lidocaine, the first amino...
, 0.01 mg/ml epinephrine
Epinephrine
Epinephrine is a hormone and a neurotransmitter. It increases heart rate, constricts blood vessels, dilates air passages and participates in the fight-or-flight response of the sympathetic nervous system. In chemical terms, adrenaline is one of a group of monoamines called the catecholamines...
solution. It was manufactured by IOMED, Inc.
Iontocaine was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration on 21 December 1995. It was discontinued by the manufacturer in 2005.