LOCAINE A

This brand name is authorized in South Africa

Active ingredients

The drug LOCAINE A contains a combination of these active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs):

1 Adrenaline
UNII X4W3ENH1CV - NOREPINEPHRINE

Noradrenaline provides a strong stimulation of alpha receptors in blood vessels at which these are counter-extracted. Noradrenaline also has an effect on beta-1 receptors in the heart leading to a positive inotropic and initially positive chronotropic effect. The increase in blood pressure may cause a reflex reduction in heart rate.

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2 Lidocaine
UNII V13007Z41A - LIDOCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE

Lidocaine, like other local anaesthetics, causes a reversible blockade of impulse propagation along nerve fibres by preventing the inward movement of sodium ions through the nerve membrane. Local anaesthetics of the amide-type are thought to act within the sodium channels of the nerve membrane.

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Authorization and marketing

This drug has been assigned below unique identifiers within the countries it is being marketed:

Country Identification scheme Identifier(s)
Country: ZA Health Products Regulatory Authority Identifier(s): V/4/30

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