From:
Steve Austin
Date: 2003-07-11 15:45:02 UTC
Subject: skin numbing cream
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <20030711.114901.3548.8.kazpat1@juno.com>
EMLA is a topical anesthetic cream used to numb the skin before inserting
an IV in children.
It is prilocaine and something else. Works o.k., my husband asked for
it before he got
his IV when he was getting chemo.
In children it is left on a minimum of 1 hour ( max of 2), and under a
vaso-occlusive dressing, be careful
it can cause methemogloblinemia in small infants, based on amount used
per square meter
of child. I think a 1/2 tube ( 2.5g tube) on a small child is fine and I
am sure a small amount
on a q-tip is not harmful especially for such a short period of time-
just don't rub a large amount all over the ferret or something.
Patty
On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 09:16:55 -0400 Sukie Crandall <sukiec@optonline.net>
writes:
> I've already gotten several requests for this information privately.
>
> It is hard to read the label. (We have a little moved to a
> different
> container.) It looks like the name is maybe Emie Cream or Emla
> Cream. It is put on with a swab, then left for 2 to 6 minutes,
> then
> syringe on some rubbing alcohol, and then proceed as normally with
> the sub-cu. It really does work. I think that it is a prescription
> drug which possibly the treating vet needs to supply since it is
> new.
> I do NOT know who makes it, but I'll ask if anyone has trouble.
>
>
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