Xylocaine
Xylocaine is a painkillers medication containing Lidocaine, available as 2% tubes.
- Category
- Painkillers
- Active ingredient
- Lidocaine
- Route
- Cutaneous use
- Form
- Gel, Solution for injection
- Strengths
- 2%
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Xylocaine vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Local anaesthesia
- Alternative Name
- Xylocard
- Therapeutic Class
- Local Anaesthetic
- Pharmacological Class
- Amide-type Local Anaesthetic
- Minor Side Effects
- application site erythema, dizziness
- Moderate Side Effects
- contact dermatitis
- Dosage Forms
- Gel, Solution for injection
- Administration Route
- Cutaneous use
- Prescription Status
- Available without prescription
- Originator
- AstraZeneca
- Onset Time
- 2–5 minutes
- Duration
- 30–60 minutes
- Storage Instructions
- Store at room temperature in a safe place.
- Drug Interactions
- antiarrhythmic drugs
- Age Restrictions
- Use with caution in children.
What you will receive
Xylocaine is the originator brand name, made by AstraZeneca. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with AstraZeneca and do not ship the original Xylocaine.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Lidocaine) at the same dose, mostly recognised Indian branded generics from vetted manufacturers.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock at the dispatching warehouse.
- A regulated generic matches the original ingredient for ingredient by legal standard.