Recent news on Lidocaine

Sciele Pharma buys stake in Plethora  -  25 May 2007
Phoenix Business Journal,PSD502 is a rapidly absorbed formulation of two established local anesthetics -- lidocaine and prilocaine -- dispensed in a metered dose spray.

$3M IN FACE-LIFT DEATH  -  25 May 2007
New York Post,Moore said the city Medical Examiner's Office found that Malitz had died of "lidocaine toxicity," an overdose of the painkiller.

Epilepsy a Disease Like Any Other  -  25 May 2007
AllAfrica.com,Antiarrhthmic drugs like lidocaine, anti-infective agent's like penicillin, metronidazole, and isonex can also sometimes provoke seizures by disturbing the

Inhaler solution to premature ejaculation hasn't come too soon  -  25 May 2007
BiopharmaReporter.com,PSD502 comprises a unique, proprietary, and rapidly absorbed formulation of two well-established anaesthetics, lidocaine and prilocaine, dispensed in a

Lidocaine/Tetracaine Patch Effective for Local Anaesthesia Prior ...  -  May 11, 2007
DG NewsTORONTO, CANADA -- May 10, 2007 -- The use of a lidocaine/tetracaine patch decreases pain associated with vascular access procedures, according to data from

Warm nondepolarizing adenosine and lidocaine cardioplegia ...  -  May 2, 2007
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryOur aim was to examine the versatility of a new normokalemic, nondepolarizing adenosine–lidocaine cardioplegia during continuous or intermittent infusion at

Topical Eutectic Mixture For Premature Ejaculation (TEMPE): A ...  -  May 21, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),In a recent study by WW Dinsmore and colleagues from London UK, the efficacy and safety of a novel aerosol-delivery form of lidocaine-prilocaine (Topical

Call to halt trade in cocaine 'cutting' agent  -  May 14, 2007
Scotsman,Several meetings have taken place between senior officers and civil servants on the supply of lidocaine, which generates tens of millions of pounds for

International Approvals: Aerius, Sebivo, Rapydan  -  May 7, 2007
Medscape (subscription)Sweden’s Medical Products Agency has approved a lidocaine plus tetracaine 70-mg/70-mg local-anesthetic patch to provide topical anesthesia for needle

For I-Flow, strategic shifts are painless  -  May 3, 2007
Orange County Register,Its current goal is to persuade doctors that local anesthetics such as lidocaine, deposited in a surgery site by I-Flow's slow-drip catheter,

Arthroscopic Lavage Plus Corticosteroids Was More Effective Than ...  -  May 1, 2007
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (subscription)For all interventions, synovial fluid was maximally aspirated from the suprapatellar pouch, 30 mL of lidocaine 0.5% was injected intra-articularly through

An Evidence-Based Algorithm for the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain  -  May 16, 2007
Medscape (subscription)Estanislao L, Carter K, McArthur J, Olney R, Simpson D. A randomized controlled trial of 5% lidocaine gel for HIV-associated distal symmetric polyneuropathy

Judge denies motion to dismiss manslaughter charges in liposuction ...  -  May 23, 2007
MetroWest Daily News,The drugs are lidocaine, a topical anesthetic, and Rohypnol, a sedative, respectively. Neel gave the two sides until June 6 to file a motion to suppress

Family Sues Over Fatal Hair Transplant  -  Apr 27, 2007
abc7.com,The suit says an overdose of the anesthetic lidocaine is to blame. According to the family's lawyers, the medical firm's own records show Riley received

Sontra Announces OTC Bulletin Board Quotation  -  May 8, 2007
Earthtimes.orgIn addition, the Company owns the FDA approved SonoPrep(R) ultrasound-mediated skin permeation technology, presently used with topical lidocaine to achieve

Columbia Laboratories Reports First Quarter 2007 Financial Results  -  May 8, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),..."In addition, we advanced the development of vaginally-administered bioadhesive lidocaine to prevent and treat dysmenorrhea. We started our multi-dose

Atlas of Airway Management: Techniques and Tools  -  May 1, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),For adults, 4% lidocaine is the recommended concentration to avoid spotty topical anesthesia and failure of an attempted intubation.

Navy officer sentenced for leak of Gitmo names  -  May 19, 2007
Miami Herald,A male nurse, he was convicted in 1984 of killing 12 elderly patients with overdoses of a drug called lidocaine, in a case still under appeal through a

Navy lawyer sentenced to six months for releasing detainees' names  -  May 18, 2007
Austin American-Statesman (subscription),A nurse, he was convicted in 1984 of killing 12 elderly patients with overdoses of a drug called lidocaine in a notorious "angel of death" case — a case

Can a new treatment take the wrinkles out of time?  -  May 18, 2007
KVBC,It has collagen and lidocaine and an ingredient called polymethylmethacrylate. You probably know it as acrylic or plexiglass, known for its durability and

Bradley Pharmaceuticals Flora-Q(R)2 Probiotic Featured at ...  -  May 18, 2007
Earthtimes.orgAnaMantle HC(R) 2.5% Gel (Lidocaine HCl 3%-Hydrocortisone Acetate 2.5%) is available for the treatment of hemorrhoids. The Pamine(R) line of products,

Bladder control problems: Medications for treating urinary ...  -  May 9, 2007
MayoClinic.comInstilling the local anesthetic lidocaine before the capsaicin can help alleviate this problem. You also might experience a temporary worsening of your

When patients take surgery into their  -  May 8, 2007
National Review of Medicine,..."I sterilized the area, numbed it up with some lidocaine, then you plunge the needle in, already loaded with the RFID chip. Puncture the skin, then push the

Sontra Announces OTC Bulletin Board Quotation  -  May 8, 2007
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),...skin permeation technology, presently used with topical lidocaine to achieve rapid (within five minutes) skin anesthesia. The Company is using its technical

The quest for perfect lashes  -  May 7, 2007
Alameda Times-Star,Dr. Sara Wasserbauer prepares to inject a lidocaine solution into a patient's eyelid on April 24 in order to numb the area for the insertion of new hairs to

Road to cure leads back to bear country  -  May 7, 2007
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette,They had forgotten to apply lidocaine, a numbing solution. They gave him four injections: two above the eyebrows and two behind the ears.

Adolor Corporation Reports First Quarter 2007 Financial Results  -  May 3, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),This decrease was principally related to decreased expenses relating to our Entererg(R) (alvimopan) program and sterile lidocaine patch program which was

What's Up Doc? What a pain in the neck  -  Apr 30, 2007
Daily News Tribune,Some patients with chronic symptoms may benefit from other therapies, including trigger point injections of lidocaine (although there is no firm evidence

Anika Therapeutics receives European stamp of approval for ...  -  Apr 15, 2007
News-Medical.net,The product is based on Anika's chemically modified hyaluronic acid (HA) technology, and incorporates lidocaine, a local anesthetic.

With a second chance, Sampalli comes second  -  Apr 15, 2007
The Daily News,The 11-year-old misspelled lidocaine and left the stage with three finalists remaining at the CanWest CansSpell competition in Ottawa last night.

Endo Comments on Notices Received From Anesiva  -  Apr 10, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),According to Anesiva's notice letter, Zingo's injection device drives lidocaine powder into the skin surface using accelerated inert gas particles.

Another Positive For Burke  -  Apr 12, 2007
Standardbred Canada,Trainer Mickey Burke has reportedly received his second positive test for Lidocaine in the past four months at the Meadowlands.

Dharma Therapeutics Shows IDDS Is Effective in Reducing Pain ...  -  Apr 6, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),Subjects were randomized to receive an 8 minute administration of lidocaine plus epinephrine (Treatment Arm) or epinephrine alone (Placebo-Control Arm) at

The Future of Cardiac Monitoring . . .  -  Mar 30, 2007
Medgadget.com,LidoPen® auto-injector to self-administer lidocaine while the ambulance is en route. The LidoPen® can be crucial for saving a subscriber's life in cases

Endo notified Zingo not generic  -  Apr 10, 2007
BusinessWeekUnlike these lidocaine patches, Anesiva's proposed product Zingo shoots lidocaine into the skin using accelerated gas particles.

ANOTHER POSITIVE FOR BURKE  -  Apr 12, 2007
Harnesslink,Burke, who was voted the US Harness Writers Association's 2006 Trainer of the Year, received his first Lidocaine positive on December 9 at the East

Anika Therapeutics Receives CE Mark Certification For Commercial ...  -  Apr 12, 2007
Trading Markets,The product is based on Anika's chemically modified hyaluronic acid (HA | charts | news | PowerRating) technology, and incorporates lidocaine,

A plethora of cardiac monitoring devices  -  Mar 31, 2007
Coolest Gadgets,Last but not least, the LidoPen is an auto-injector for patients to self-administer lidocaine while waiting for an ambulance. This device will come in handy

Getting Off . . .  -  Apr 24, 2007
Village Voice,David performed his first few amputations without anesthetic, but has since relied on lidocaine to help numb the target areas.

Back relief from spinal injections  -  Mar 27, 2007
Auburn Citizen,In these procedures, the back is first numbed with Lidocaine. A needle is then placed (under X-ray guidance) at the site of the nerves that generate pain in

Healing the hurt  -  Apr 23, 2007
St. Petersburg Times,Last, she gets a shot into the bone of her hip of a local anesthetic called Lidocaine. Alyssa has snuggled into Kraemer's arms. She is lying on her hip.

StaphAseptic First Aid Gel Helps Athletes Win the War Against ...  -  Apr 23, 2007
Newswire Today (press release),It contains lidocaine to help with pain. Tec Laboratories, Inc. has introduced StaphAseptic, an OTC wound care treatment that kills the bacteria that causes

A Multicenter Comparison of Tap Water versus Sterile Saline for ...  -  Apr 24, 2007
AEM (subscription)Other supplies such as lidocaine, suture material, suture kits, and staplers would be the same in both groups. In our study, wounds were irrigated with TW

34 Doctors Discplined By the State  -  Apr 18, 2007
WOAI,The action was based on allegations that Dr. Spurlock treated a patient for fibromyalgia with intravenous Lidocaine and Colchicine, neither of which are

EpiCept Initiates Two Phase IIb Trials With NP-1  -  Apr 12, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),...a sterile analgesic patch designed to provide sustained topical delivery of lidocaine to a post-surgical or post-traumatic sutured wound;

ZARS announces Swedish marketing approval for Rapydan  -  Apr 20, 2007
News-Medical.net,Rapydan should not be used for a longer duration than recommended, and is contraindicated in patients with a known history of sensitivity to lidocaine,

Hay fever makes spring torture  -  Apr 19, 2007
DetNews.com,Your doctor can inject the painful area with a mixture of cortisone for inflammation and lidocaine for numbing the nerve. Surgical removal of the neuroma is

Interventional Bronchoscopy  -  Mar 30, 2007
EndoNurse,Common risks associated with bronchoscopies include discomfort and coughing (have lidocaine 1 percent available), pneumothorax (have a chest tube set up in

Jaw problems a rare complication of osteoporosis drug  -  Apr 15, 2007
Chattanooganow (subscription),A doctor can inject the area with cortisone and lidocaine to dull the pain. The X-ray you have put off can confirm any coccyx abnormality.

Talking It Over -The Painful Punch of Shingles  -  Apr 15, 2007
Camp KC,He gave me lidocaine patches, which numbed the pain where I placed them, interrupting the flow of pain around the nerves.

Medical marijuana at legal, clinical crossroads  -  Apr 13, 2007
MarketWatch...or chemicals derived from the marijuana plant), as well as opiate painkillers and a lidocaine patch to sooth nerve pain in his back caused by an injury.

New drug won't compete with Endo's patch  -  Apr 11, 2007
The News Journal,Lidoderm is a patch used for reducing nerve pain in adults, while Zingo uses accelerated gas particles to inject lidocaine into the skin.

Endo Says It Evaluates Notices From Anesiva - Update  -  Apr 10, 2007
Trading Markets,As per Anesiva's notice letter, Zingo's injection device drives lidocaine powder into the skin surface using accelerated inert gas particles.

New practices cut pain of shots for infants  -  Apr 9, 2007
DetNews.com,Typically, infant boys are given a 1 percent lidocaine penile block ahead of the procedure, accompanied by sugar water to reduce the needle stick pain.

Pain that lingers long after an injury is difficult to treat  -  Apr 4, 2007
DetNews.com,Lidocaine skin patches have helped some. Neurontin, a seizure medicine, is also useful for pain control. The Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome

"YOU HAVE NO ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE CONSUMING"  -  Apr 4, 2007
VUE Weekly,Cocaine in particular is often cut with local anesthetics novocaine and lidocaine. These anesthetics mimic cocaine’s numbing effect on mucous membranes

Skin-Numbing Creams: Are They Safe?  -  Apr 4, 2007
CareFair.com,They contain numbing drugs including lidocaine, tetracaine, benzocaine and prilocaine. While patient’s are instructed to follow their doctor’s and

Sontra Medical Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2006 Results ...  -  Apr 3, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),In addition, the Company owns the FDA approved SonoPrep(R) ultrasound-mediated skin permeation technology, presently used with topical lidocaine to achieve

Anesiva Commences Phase 3 Clinical Study of Zingo(TM) to Treat ...  -  Apr 2, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),Zingo is a needle-free system that delivers lidocaine powder into the epidermis of the skin and provides analgesia in one to three minutes after

Hypocalcemia as a Cause of Reversible Cardiomyopathy with ...  -  Apr 2, 2007
Annals of Internal Medicine...of VT that required several intravenous antiarrhythmic drugs (lidocaine, amiodarone, ß-blockers, and magnesium sulfate) and electrical DC cardioversion.

Mistral Pharma Signs Agreement for Acquisition of CuraMedica  -  Apr 2, 2007
Web Services Journal,It is a sterile gel combining lidocaine and chlorhexidine, a local anesthetic and a disinfectant for urology procedures. Instillagel® provides a safe and

R Fink | The Packet Rat: Data snafu in Alaska leads to a paper chase  -  Apr 2, 2007
GCN.com,...“No, lidocaine shouldn’t taste like herring.� An added benefit of all of this: they now have a tape backup system that works. While there was no harm,

Mistral Pharma Signs Agreement for Acquisition of CuraMedica  -  Apr 2, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),It is a sterile gel combining lidocaine and chlorhexidine, a local anesthetic and a disinfectant for urology procedures. Instillagel(R) provides a safe and

Mistral Pharma Signs Agreement for Acquisition of CuraMedica  -  Apr 2, 2007
CCNMatthews (press release),It is a sterile gel combining lidocaine and chlorhexidine, a local anesthetic and a disinfectant for urology procedures. Instillagel ® provides a safe and

PRODUCT MARKETING NEWS  -  Mar 30, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Purely topical applications (eg, skin anesthesia by lidocaine gels and lotions) are not discussed in any detail. In addition to the discussion of products,

Anesiva Commences Phase 3 Clinical Study of Zingo(TM) to Treat ...  -  Mar 28, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),Zingo Mechanism of Action and Market Potential Zingo is a needle-free system that delivers lidocaine powder into the epidermis of the skin and provides

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