Marcaine


bupivacaine

A potent long-acting amide-class local anaesthetic with a 4–8 hour duration of action, which is doubled by adding adrenaline/epinephrine.
Adverse effects
• CNS toxicity—Nervousness, perioral tingling, tinnitus, tremor, dizziness, blurred vision and seizures, followed by drowsiness, loss of consciousness, respiratory depression and apnoea.
• Cardiotoxicity—Hypotension, bradycardia, arrhythmias and cardiac arrest.

Marcaine®

Bupivacaine, see there.

Marcaine

The long-acting local anaesthetic drug BUPIVACAINE. The effect lasts for about 4 hours.