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Facilitates painful medical procedures and improves care.
They inhibit sodium channels, blocking pain signal transmission.
Used for skin and mucosal procedures, childbirth, and minor surgeries.
Local anesthesia numbs a specific area; general anesthesia induces unconsciousness.
Reduces bleeding and prolongs the anesthetic effect.
Can cause allergic reactions, hypotension, and respiratory depression.
Include hypersensitivity, heart failure, and increased intracranial pressure.
Divided into esters and amides, differing in metabolism and allergy potential.
Have a half-life of about 30 minutes, like procaine.
They block depolarization in nerve fibers, preventing pain sensation.