Chemical Classification of Local Anesthetics |
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Local anesthetics can be divided into two sub-classes which most
will fall into. These sub-classes are
ester-type anesthetics and amide-type anesthetics. Patient's with an allergy to an anesthetic in one of these
subclasses can be prescribed an anesthetic in the other subclass because they
are structurally different classes. |
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Ester-type local
anesthetics |
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Amide-type local anesthetics |
Benzocaine (Anbesol) |
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Bupivacaine
(Marcaine) |
Chloroprocaine (Nesacaine) |
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Dibucaine
(Nupercainal) |
Procaine (Novocain) |
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Etidocaine
(Duranest) |
Tetracaine (Pentocaine) |
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Levobupivacaine
(Chirocaine) |
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Lidocaine
(Xylocaine) |
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Mepivacaine
(Carbocaine) |
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Prilocaine
(Citanest) |
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Ropivacaine
(Naropin) |
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