Bupivacaine & Adrenaline (Epinephrine) Injection BP 0.5% w/v (1 in 200,000) 10ml Ampoules Pack of 10 (POM)

What Bupivacaine & Adrenaline Injection is and what it is used for:

Bupivacaine Adrenaline Injection contains two active ingredients.

• Bupivacaine is a local anaesthetic; it produces loss of feeling or sensation that is confined to one part of the body. Bupivacaine belongs to a group of medicines called amide-type anaesthetics
• Adrenaline narrows the blood vessels at the site of injection which helps to keep the bupivacaine where it is needed for longer. Bupivacaine & Adrenaline Injection is used in adults and children above 12 years to numb (anaesthetise) parts of the body.

It is used to stop pain happening or to provide pain relief. It can be used to:

• Numb parts of the body during surgery.
• Relieve pain (0.25% w/v, 1 in 200,000 injection can be used in adults, infants and children above 1 year of age)

It may also be used to give prolonged relief of pain when it is injected around the spinal cord, e.g. as an epidural injection in labour.

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