Lidocaine Tetracaine Benzocaine Prilocaine, Topical Anesthetic Drugs for Cosmetic Procedures
Audience: Consumers, healthcare professionals
[Posted 02/06/2007) FDA informed consumers and healthcare professionals of the potential hazards of using skin numbing products containing topical anesthetic drugs such as lidocaine, tetracaine, benzocaine, and prilocaine in a cream, ointment, or gel. Numbing products are widely used to numb the skin for medical and cosmetic procedures, and to relieve pain, burning and itching due to a variety of medical conditions. FDA has approved many of these products for these uses.
Some of these products must be prescribed by a doctor, others may be purchased without a prescription. FDA is aware that use of these products before a cosmetic procedure may not be supervised by trained health professionals. Without this supervision, a patient may apply large amounts of the numbing product to their skin, which can cause life-threatening side effects and death. If a skin numbing product is prescribed or recommended for a procedure, consumers should do the following:
use a topical anesthetic approved by the FDA.
use a topical anesthetic that contains the lowest amount of anesthetic drugs possible that will relieve pain.
ask for instructions from your doctor on how to safely use the topical anesthetic.
[February 06, 2007 – Public Health Advisory – FDA]
Source:http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm170312.htm
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