Topical anesthetics: Physiology, formulations, and novel delivery systems

American Journal of Drug Delivery

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 89-99

  Shainhouse, Tsippora ^a   Cunningham, Bari B ^a  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BENZOCAINE; CHLOROETHANE; COCAINE; DAPSONE; EMLA; LIDOCAINE; LIPOSOME; LMX 4; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHEMOGLOBIN; PARACETAMOL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROXYMETACAINE; S CAINE; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALGESIA; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CHANNEL GATING; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CREAM; CRYOTHERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DERMATOLOGY; DIAPHORESIS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HYDROLYSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; EUPHORIA; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERVENTILATION; IONTOPHORESIS; LACERATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MUSCLE DISEASE; NAUSEA; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PEDIATRICS; PETECHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUNCH BIOPSY; PURPURA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN STRUCTURE; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SYNCOPE; TISSUE NECROSIS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VEIN PUNCTURE; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 3242745241     PISSN: 11759038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00137696-200402020-00002     Document Type: Review

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