Local anesthetic drugs are injected near nerves to block the pain from the area supplied by the nerve. Your doctor uses nerve blocks for dental treatment and eye operations.

Local anesthesia prevents pain during procedures by blocking nerves from transmitting pain signals to the brain. The effects of local anesthetic are short-lived, so healthcare teams primarily use ...

A study has uncovered how the commonly used local anesthetic drug lidocaine exerts an anti-cancer effect in head and neck cancers. Given its low cost and ready availability, the drug could easily ...

Novocaine is one of the shortest-acting local anesthetic shots. Its effects typically last for 30 to 60 minutes. If Novocaine is given alongside epinephrine, also known as adrenaline, it may ...

The first and only extended-release dual acting local anesthetic (DALA), ZYNRELEF reduces postoperative pain from foot and ankle, small-to-medium open abdominal and lower extremity total joint ...

Paravertebral blocks reduced postoperative opioid use and early pain scores in young children who underwent thoracotomy.

Results. Excluding eligibility violations, 1,583 of 1,600 randomly assigned patients were included in this analysis (LA, 796; no LA, 804). At a median follow-up of 68 months, there were 255 DFS ...

Lidocaine “might be useful for reducing patient pain” when injected as a local anesthetic or applied topically as a numbing gel, cream or spray, the CDC said in the update, the first since 2016.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – A new molecule developed by University at Buffalo researchers acts like a local, long-lasting anesthetic, providing robust pain relief for up to three weeks, according to the results ...

Would there be a sort of local anesthetic on the market that one could apply (perhaps even spray) on a small area of the body that may need minor but painful treatment, like removing a large splinter ...