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Topical Anesthetic Abuse

Ophthalmology, 1990
Topical ocular anesthetic abuse is a serious disorder causing keratitis and persistent epithelial defects. It may be the result of either prescription by the patient's eye care practitioner, theft from the practitioner's office, or occult additives in therapeutic medications.
G O, Rosenwasser   +6 more
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Topical anesthetics in dermatology

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2000
Topical anesthetics are valuable tools for the dermatologists. The purpose of this study is to educate dermatologists about the pharmacology and clinical applications of topical anesthetics. A review of the current topical anesthetics was conducted. Several topical anesthetics are available to provide safe and effective cutaneous analgesia.
W, Huang, A, Vidimos
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Topical Anesthetics Update: EMLA and Beyond

Dermatologic Surgery, 2001
Topical anesthetics remain a powerful, new advance for pain relief prior to cutaneous procedures. They are frequently used by dermatologists to decrease the pain associated with laser pulses, surgical procedures, or soft tissue augmentation. EMLA is the most commonly used agent, however, several new topical anesthetic agents have been released recently
P M, Friedman   +3 more
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Topical Anesthetic Creams

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 2008
Topical anesthetic creams have positive applications in plastic surgery. For certain procedures, they can replace injected local anesthetics. By replacing injections with a topical cream, the negative effects associated with injections, such as pain, needle anxiety, and edema at the surgical site, are eliminated. A variety of U.S.
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Toxicity of topical ophthalmic anesthetics

Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology, 2013
Topical ocular anesthetics are generally well tolerated in clinical settings but have great potential for abuse if used by patients at home. This abuse can lead to significant ocular complications. Topical ocular anesthetic abuse can lead to superficial punctate keratitis, persistent epithelial defects, stromal/ring infiltrates, corneal edema ...
Michelle, Patel   +1 more
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Toxicities of topical ophthalmic anesthetics

Expert Opinion on Drug Safety, 2007
Topical ocular anesthesia has been part of ophthalmology for more than a century. The most commonly used drugs today are proparacaine, tetracaine, benoxinate (oxybuprocaine) cocaine and lidocaine. Although generally well tolerated, all these can be toxic, particularly when abused.
Hall T, McGee, F W, Fraunfelder
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Topical Anesthetic Use in Cosmetic Dermatology

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, 2023
In today's society, there is growing interest in outpatient cosmetic procedures. Topical anesthetics are commonly used as anesthesia for these procedures. They can be used alone or part of a multi-pronged anesthetic approach. Topical anesthetics have many benefits, but they also have some negatives including risk of toxicity. For this paper, we focused
Elizabeth, Sutton, C William, Hanke
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Toxicology of Topical Local Anesthetics

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology, 1996
Topical anesthesia of the skin, nowadays performed for various indications from pruritus over postherpetic neuralgia to minor surgery, has been under investigation for more than 30 years. Due to low water solubility, the active base form of most of the local anesthetics on the market is poorly absorbed through the skin.
E, Bangha, H I, Maibach, P, Elsner
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