- 40 mg lidocaine
Local anesthetic, LIDOGALEN, lidocaine 40 mg/g cream
LidoGalen® 40 mg/g cream
Active substance: lidocaine
Indications Local anesthetic, LIDOGALEN, lidocaine cream, relieves pain for
use:
LidoGalen temporarily numbs the surface of the skin and thus relieves pain when inserting a needle into a vein (venipuncture or placement of a vein cannula) if this is necessary for medical purposes such as drawing blood for laboratory tests should be.
It is used in adults, adolescents and children aged at least one month.
It can also be used to numb the skin prior to painful superficial treatments on larger unbroken areas of skin, this use is for adults only.
For use as a local anesthetic.
- The preparation is a medicine called a local anesthetic that is used to numb an area of the body.
- It temporarily numbs the surface of the skin, relieving pain when inserting a needle into a vein (venipuncture or cannula) when this is needed for medical purposes, such as drawing blood for laboratory tests. It is used in adults, adolescents and children aged at least one month.
- It can also be used to numb the skin prior to painful superficial treatments on larger unbroken areas of skin, this use is for adults only.
- Always use this medicine exactly as described or as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
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The recommended dose for pain relief when inserting a needle into a vein is:
- 1 g of cream corresponds to a length of 5 cm of squeezed out cream in the 5 g tube or 3.5 cm in the 30 g tube.
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Adults, including the elderly, and children over 1 year of age:
- 1g to 2.5g of cream to cover a 2.5cm x 2.5cm area of skin at the needle insertion site. No longer
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