(TET ra kane) Brand: Niphanoid, Pontocaine HCl
• You must not receive this medicine if you are allergic to tetracaine injection or any another type of numbing medicine.
• Till you receive tetracaine, speak your doctor if you have tall blood pressure, heart malady, a heart rhythm mess, any type of infection, hereditary angioedema or a history of allergic reactions, or a malady or medical condition that affects your brain or spinal cord.
• Your breathing, blood pressure, oxygen levels, and another vital signs will be watched closely while you are receiving tetracaine injection.
• Tetracaine is a local anesthetic (numbing medication). It works by blocking nerve signals in your body.
• Tetracaine injection is given as an epidural injection into the spinal column to manufacture numbness during labor, surgery, or determined medical procedures.
• Tetracaine may also be used for purposes not listed in this medicine guide.
• You must not receive this medicine if you are allergic to tetracaine injection or any another type of numbing medicine.
• To create certain you can safely receive tetracaine, speak your doctor if you have any of these another conditions:
· tall blood pressure;
· heart malady, heart rhythm disorder;
· any type of infection;
· hereditary angioedema or a history of allergic reactions; or
· a malady or medical condition that affects your brain or spinal cord.
• FDA pregnancy category C. It is not known whether tetracaine will harm an unborn child. Unless you are receiving this medicine during labor and delivery, speak your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant while using this medication.
• It is not known whether tetracaine passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing child. Do not receive this medicine without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
• Tetracaine is given as an injection through a needle placed into an area of your medium or lower back around your spine. You will receive this injection in a hospital setting.
• Your breathing, blood pressure, oxygen levels, and another vital signs will be watched closely while you are receiving tetracaine injection.
• Spinal numbing medications can have long-lasting effects on determined body processes such as sexual function, bowel or bladder control, and movement or feeling in your legs or foots. Conversation with your doctor about these effects.
• Since tetracaine is given as needed till a surgery or another medical procedure, you are not likely to be on a dosing schedule.
• Since this medicine is given by a healthcare professional in a medical setting, an overdose is unlikely to occur.
• Follow your doctor's instructions about any restrictions on food, beverages, or activity.
• Get abnormal medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficult breathing; swelling of your person, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Speak your caregiver right away if you have a serious side effect such as:
· feeling like you might pass out;
· tremors, severe drowsiness;
· weak or shallow breathing;
· severe headache, neck stiffness, heighten sensitivity to easy; or
· numbness, tingling, burning pain, or severe shooting pains anywhere in your body.
• Smaller serious side effects may include:
· feeling nervous or excited;
· dizziness, drowsiness;
· chills;
· headache;
· blurred vision;
· nausea, vomiting; or
· ringing in your ears.
• This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
• Speak your doctor about all another medicines you use, especially sulfa drugs (Bactrim, Septra, Sulfatrim, SMX-TMP, and others).
• There may be another drugs that can interact with tetracaine. Speak your doctor about all the prescription and over-the-counter medications you use. This includes vitamins, minerals, herbal commodity, and drugs predesigned by another doctors. Do not start using a new medicine without telling your doctor.
• Your doctor or pharmacist can provide more information about tetracaine.
Remember, hold this and all another medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medicine only for the indication prescribed.
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