Xylocaine, Lidocaine News

Even though the FDA considers the Steris System 1 to be "adulterated and misbranded," you may continue to use the SS1 for another 3 to 6 months - the time FDA expects it will take for you to purchase "another legally marketed" sterilizer.

Researchers suggest injecting small doses of lidocaine is a safe and inexpensive way to control patient discomfort.

Although lidocaine is most often used as a local anesthetic, low doses of lidocaine given intravenously can help to control pain after common ambulatory surgery procedures, suggests a study in the December issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia , official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society .

Main Category: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Also Included In: Urology / Nephrology Article Date: 04 Dec 2009 TARIS Biomedical, a specialty pharmaceutical company pioneering the field of drug-device convergence for targeted therapies, announced the successful completion of a Phase 1 clinical study of its intravesical drug-device convergence system ...

Main Category: Urology / Nephrology Also Included In: Medical Students / Training UroToday.com - Urology residents are involved with performing transrectal-ultrasound guided prostate biopsies during their training.

The much-ballyhooed recommendations recently released by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force regarding screening mammograms have perhaps served to clarify only one issue: Americans remain polarized about health care.

Compounding, the craft or art of mixing multiple medications into a cream or capsule, is described as a cottage industry that has its roots in California and has spread to such states as Colorado, Arizona and Texas.

It was an exciting time for 28-year-old Aura Javellana of Redmond. "Everybody liked her, she was outgoing," said her fianc, Justin Rogers.

Local Anesthetics, Continuously Infused - Chondrolysis November 13, 2009 Audience: Orthopedic and Anesthesia healthcare professionals, hospital risk managers [Posted 11/13/2009] FDA notified healthcare professionals of 35 reports of chondrolysis in patients given continuous intra-articular infusions of local anesthetics with elastomeric infusion ...

CHADDS FORD,A Pa. Generic drug maker Endo Pharmaceuticals has reached a settlement with the manufacturer of a pain drug, Endo announced Thursday.

A nerve block is where a group of nerves causing pain to a specific organ or body region is blocked by an injection or injections of medicine.

There are two kinds of anesthesia being used in liposuction procedures: local and general anesthesia.

Less pain during injections for wrinkle-fighting facial fillers. Less swelling afterward.

Main Category: Urology / Nephrology Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 26 Oct 2009 UroToday.com - In this single blinded, prospective study, 36 women requiring cystoscopy were randomized to either rigid or flexible cystoscopy; all patients were placed in the dorsal lithotomy position and were given 2% local lidocaine ...

With a little deception and an fMRI machine, scientists have traced the placebo effect to the spinal cord, according to new research published in the journal Science .

What about Dalaudid IM or rectually? cking Hi Plead8: It might be important for your MD to figure out WHY the Dilaudid IV and MS are making you itch.

Marijuana Used by Nearly 4 Percent of Adults Worldwide: Study Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved use of the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil for the prevention of genital warts caused by human papillomavirus types 6 and 11 in ...

Corticosteroid injections in the ischial spine can help relieve long-standing sacral low back pain that begins during pregnancy, according to research published in the Oct.

Scientists like to say the placebo effect is all in your head. Turns out, it's actually in your spinal cord.

One out of every six women in the U.S. live with chronic pelvic pain. For some, it's so bad they can't move or function normally.