Lidotral Five Percent With Menthol

What is Lidotral Five Percent With Menthol?

DESCRIPTION Lidotral™ 5% with Menthol Spray contains Lidocaine HCl 5% and Menthol 3% in a vehicle of Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Aminomethyl Propanol, Aqua (Purified Water), Benzyl Alcohol, Ethyl Alcohol, PEG-8, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil, Fragrance. Lidocaine is chemically designated as acetamide, 2-(diethylamino)-N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl), and has the following structure: Menthol is chemically designed as (1R,2S,5R)-5-methyl-2-(propan-2-yl)cyclohexan-1-ol, and has the following structure: Lidocaine 5% and Menthol 3% is a combination of ingredients with analgesics and anesthetic properties used in a unique way to maximize its pain-relieving effects to aid in addition to other therapies. This offers long lasting relief for a variety of pain conditions. Lido menth

Uses of Lidotral Five Percent With Menthol

Established uses

• INDICATIONS For the temporary relief of pain and itching associated with minor burns, sunburn, minor cuts, scrapes, insect bites, and minor skin irritation.
• This formulation can be used to assist patients in the treatment of mild to moderate acute or chronic aches or pain.
• Muscle or joint pain can be due to musculoligamentous strains, simple backache, tendonitis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, peripheral neuropathies such as diabetic neuropathy or post herpetic neuralgia, and other complex regional pains.
• If consulted by your physician, it may be used for other conditions as well.
• If consulted by your physician, it may be used for other conditions as well.

How to take Lidotral Five Percent With Menthol

DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION Spray to the affected area two or three times daily or as directed by a physician. Apply Lidotral™ 5% with Menthol Spray to intact skin to cover the most painful area. Smaller areas of treatment are recommended in a debilitated patient, or a patient with impaired elimination. When Lidotral™ 5% with Menthol Spray is used concomitantly with other products containing local anesthetic agents, the amount absorbed from all formulations must be considered.

Dosage

Follow the dose prescribed by your doctor or pharmacist. The ranges below are general information, not a personal prescription.

Adults

DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION Spray to the affected area two or three times daily or as directed by a physician. Apply Lidotral™ 5% with Menthol Spray to intact skin to cover the most painful area. Smaller areas of treatment are recommended in a debilitated patient, or a patient with impaired elimination. When Lidotral™ 5% with Menthol Spray is used concomitantly with other products containing local anesthetic agents, the amount absorbed from all formulations must be considered.

Side effects of Lidotral Five Percent With Menthol

Common

• ADVERSE REACTIONS Application Site Reactions Even though adverse reactions are rare, a very small percentage of patients experience an unpleasant burning sensation, redness, warmth, or stinging.
• It is advisable to apply a small amount on the forearm prior to first use.
• If any of these effects persists or worsens, contact your physician or pharmacist immediately.
• This medication is not absorbed systemically but if any serious side effects (i.e.
• rash, itching/swelling, severe dizziness) are experienced, discontinue use immediately and contact your pharmacist or physician.
• This is not a complete list of all side effects that may occur.

Warnings and who should not take it

Who should NOT take Lidotral Five Percent With Menthol?

• CONTRAINDICATIONS Lidotral™ 5% with Menthol Spray is contraindicated in patients with a known history of sensitivity to local anesthetics of the amide type, or to any other component of the product.

Warnings and precautions

• WARNINGS For external use only.
• Not for ophthalmic use.
• EXCESSIVE DOSING Excessive dosing by applying Lidotral™ 5% with Menthol Spray to larger areas or for longer than the recommended wearing time could result in increased absorption of lidocaine and high blood concentrations, leading to serious adverse effects (see ADVERSE REACTIONS, Systemic Reactions).
• Lidocaine toxicity could be expected at lidocaine blood concentrations above 5 mcg/mL.
• The blood concentration of lidocaine is determined by the rate of systemic absorption and elimination.
• Longer duration of application, application of more than the recommended number of patches, smaller patients, or impaired elimination may all contribute to increasing the blood concentration of lidocaine.

Overdose

OVERDOSAGE Lidocaine overdose from cutaneous absorption is rare, but could occur. If there is any suspicion of lidocaine overdose (see ADVERSE REACTIONS, Systemic Reactions), drug blood concentration should be checked. The management of overdose includes close monitoring, supportive care, and symptomatic treatment. Dialysis is of negligible value in the treatment of acute overdose with lidocaine. In the absence of massive topical overdose or oral ingestion, evaluation of symptoms of toxicity should include consideration of other etiologies for the clinical effects, or over dosage from other sources of lidocaine or other local anesthetics. The oral LD50 of lidocaine HCl is 459 (346 to 773) mg/kg (as the salt) in non-fasted female rats and 214 (159 to 324) mg/kg (as the salt) in fasted female rats, which are equivalent to roughly 4000 mg and 2000 mg, respectively, in a 60 to 70 kg man based on the equivalent surface area dosage conversion factors between species.

Safety at a glance

Children and elderly

Interactions

Medicine and medicine

• Drug Interactions Antiarrhythmic Drugs: Lidotral™ 5% with Menthol Spray should be used with caution in patients receiving Class I antiarrhythmic drugs (such as tocainide and mexiletine) since the toxic effects are additive and potentially synergistic.
• Local Anesthetics: When Lidotral™ 5% with Menthol Spray is used concomitantly with other products containing local anesthetic agents, the amount absorbed from all formulations must be considered.

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