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Bupivacaine

Pharmacology

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Pharmacodynamics

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Bupivacaine, a piperidine carboxamide-based local anaesthetic, is a long-acting, amide-type, local anaesthetic with both anaesthetic and analgesic effects. 

  • At high doses, Bupivacaine produces surgical anaesthesia

  • At lower doses, Bupivacaine produces sensory block (analgesia) with less-pronounced motor block.

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Pharmacokinetics

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Precautions

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Availability

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  • Systematic Name: IUPAC Name 1-butyl-N-(2,6-dimethyl phenyl)piperidine-2-carboxamide

  • Formula: C18-H31-ClN2-O2

  • Pharmacotherapeutic group: Long-acting local anaesthetic of the amide type

  • ATC code: N01BB01 (WHO)

  • ATC vet code: QN01B B51 (WHO)

  • Action: A piperidine carboxamide-based local anaesthetic with a slow onset and long duration of action. 

  • Therapeutic Uses: Local anaesthetic.

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Evidence
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