Last update Feb. 11, 2025
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Suggestions made at e-lactancia are done by APILAM team of health professionals, and are based on updated scientific publications. It is not intended to replace the relationship you have with your doctor but to compound it. The pharmaceutical industry contraindicates breastfeeding, mistakenly and without scientific reasons, in most of the drug data sheets.
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Prilocaine in other languages or writings:
Main tradenames from several countries containing Prilocaine in its composition:
Variable | Value | Unit |
---|---|---|
Molecular weight | 220 | daltons |
Protein Binding | 55 | % |
VD | 2.6 | l/Kg |
pKa | 13.51 | - |
Tmax | (Derm): 4 - 10 | hours |
T½ | 1.2 | hours |
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Prilocaine is an amide-type local anesthetic with actions and uses similar to lidocaine. It is used for infiltration anesthesia and nerve blocks, for analgesia and epidural anesthesia, and for dental procedures. It is also used for superficial skin anesthesia in a eutectic mixture with lidocaine in cream form under occlusive dressing.
As at the time of the last update, we found no published data on its excretion in breast milk.
Topical anesthetics (well applied dermatological and stomatological preparations) have virtually no systemic absorption, as is the case with prilocaine. (Essink 1999, Vickers 1997)
Do not apply on the chest or, if necessary, apply after a feeding and clean well with water before the next feeding. Application of prilocaine/lidocaine mixture over large areas or orally may cause methemoglobinemia. (Touma 2001)
It is advisable to avoid applying creams, gels and other products containing kerosene (mineral oil) on the nipple so that the infant does not absorb it. (Concin 2008, Noti 2003)