Pharmacologic Substance
lidocaine Audio
li·do·caine [ lahy-duh-keyn ]
Brand Names:
Absorbine Lidocaine; Akten; Allercaine; Alocaine; Alocane; Alocane Max Strength; Alocane Plus; Ana-Lex; AneCream; Bacitraycin Plus Max Strength; Bactine; Band-Aid Hurt-Free; Biochemistry Heel No Pain; Bio-Kool; Burn Jel; Burn Jel Plus; BurnX; Cicloferon; CidalEaze; Comfortcaine; Cutiecaine; Derma Numb; Doloracin with Lidocaine; Dr. Numb; Glydo; Hexa-Caine; Keepan; Kool-Down; Lenzagel; Lenzapatch; LidaMantle; Lido King; Lidocare; Lidocream; Lidoderm; Lidopatch; LidoPro; LidoPro Patch; Lidostat; Lidotral; Lidozen; Lidum; Lignospan; Lipocaine; LMX; LTA; Lydexa; Medi-Derm with Lidocaine; Mercuroclear; Niravi; Omeza; Oraqix; Pliaglis; Pro Pet Skin Relief; ProCoMycin; Puroxcin; RadiaGuard; Recticare; RectiCare Advance Cream; Recticare Wipes; Regenecare; Relador; Satohap Lidocaine; Satohap Pain Relieving; Solarcaine; Sonacaine; Soulus; StaphAseptic; Synera; Topicaine; Tranzarel; Uber Numb; Unburn; Workvie; Xolido; Xylocaine; Xylocaine with Epinephrine; Zcaine; Zensa; Zingo; Zionodil; ZTlido
Effect:
Cardiac Rhythm Alteration; Decreased Cardiac Muscle Organized Electrical Activity; Decreased Sensory-Somatic Nervous System Organized Electrical Activity; Local Anesthesia
May Prevent:
Pain
May Treat:
Burns; Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; Esophageal Diseases; Mouth Diseases; Pain; Tachycardia, Paroxysmal; Tachycardia, Ventricular; Ventricular Fibrillation; Ventricular Premature Complexes
More Information:
ChemID; DrugBank; DailyMed; PDR
Definitions related to lidocaine:
  • A local anesthetic and cardiac depressant used as an antiarrhythmia agent. Its actions are more intense and its effects more prolonged than those of PROCAINE but its duration of action is shorter than that of BUPIVACAINE or PRILOCAINE.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A substance used to relieve pain by blocking signals at the nerve endings in skin. It can also be given intravenously to stop heart arrhythmias. It is a type of local anesthetic and antiarrhythmic.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A synthetic aminoethylamide with local anesthetic and antiarrhythmic properties. Lidocaine stabilizes the neuronal membrane by binding to and inhibiting voltage-gated sodium channels, thereby inhibiting the ionic fluxes required for the initiation and conduction of impulses and effecting local anesthesia.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Drug having anesthetic, sedative, analgesic, anticonvulsant and cardiac depressant activities, used as a local anesthetic; applied topically to the skin and mucous membranes.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Lidocaine, synthetic organic compound used in medicine, usually in the form of its hydrochloride salt, as a local anesthetic. Lidocaine produces prompter, more intense, and longer lasting anesthesia than does procaine (Novocaine). It is widely used for infiltration, nerve-block, and spinal...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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