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What is Marcaine?

Marcaine® is a brand name for bupivacaine, a local anesthetic agent used for nerve block. Specific uses include peripheral nerve block; infiltration; sympathetic block; spinal, caudal or epidural block; retrobulbar block.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 1 0
Muscle spasms in neck and shoulders 1 0
Spasms in back 1 0

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Reported Dosages

  0.5% as needed 0.5 g weekly 15 mmol/L every other week
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

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Currently Taking Marcaine

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Report created on May 25, 2012.