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SCANDONEST INJECTION 3% (WITHOUT VASO-CONSTRICTOR)

Prescription Only
Drug type: Therapeutic
ATC code: N01BB03
Dosage form: INJECTION
Route of administration: INTRAMUSCULAR
Active ingredient: MEPIVACAINE HCl; MEPIVACAINE HCL

Indications

SCANDONEST is indicated for the production of local anaesthesia for dental procedures by infiltration injection or nerve block.

Contraindications

  • Hypersensitivity to mepivacaine (or any local anaesthesic agent of the amide type) or to any of the excipients.
  • Children below 3 years of age (ca. 20 kg body weight).
  • Severe disorders of atrioventicular conduction not compensated by pacemaker.
  • Poorly controlled epileptic patient.

Dosage and administration

As with all local anaesthetics, the dose varies and depends upon the area to be anaesthetized, the vascularity of the tissues, individual tolerance and the technic used. Debilitated, elderly patients, acutely ill patients and children, should be given reduced doses commensurate with their age and physical status.

Adults

1 cartridge for routine work. This dose may be increased for long or difficult procedures or for mixed anaesthesia (block and local). As a rule, do not exceed 3 cartridges.

Children

6 to 14 years of age: usual dose: 1.35 mL. Do not exceed 2.7 mL

3 to 6 years of age: maximum recommended dose: 1.8 mL

The product is injected either locally or in the vicinity of a dental nerve trunk.

Any unused portion of a cartridge should be discarded.

Registrant
N.K. LUCK (S) PTE LTD
Approval Date
1992-06-24
Approval Number
SIN07075P
Manufacturer
SPECIALITES SEPTODONT
Licence Holder
N.K. LUCK (S) PTE LTD