Carbocaine® (mepivacaine)
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What is Carbocaine® ?
- This medicine contains the local anaesthetic, mepivacaine.
What is Carbocaine® used for?
- Carbocaine is used for minor surgical procedures to block feeling in the part of the body affected (local anaesthesia), so that the patient does not experience pain.
How does Carbocaine® work ?
- By producing local anaesthesia in that part of the body requiring the surgical procedure.
How is Carbocaine® given ?
- Carbocaine is injected, as a solution, by a health professional trained in anaesthetic techniques.
- Carbocaine works very quickly.
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