Benzocaine use while Breastfeeding

Drugs containing Benzocaine: Auralgan, Orajel, Dendracin, Cetacaine, Anbesol, A/B Otic, Cepacol Dual Relief Sore Throat, Dermoplast, Lanacane, Vagisil Anti-Itch Creme, Show all 112 »Hurricaine, Topical Anesthetic Dental Gel, Cepacol Sore Throat with Pain Relief, Aurodex, Allergen, Chloraseptic Sore Throat Lozenges, Boil Ease Pain Relieving, Cepacol Sore Throat + Cough Relief, Orabase, Orabase with Benzocaine, Neotic, Topex, Trioxin, Americaine, Medicone, Navogan, Aurogard, Dolotic, Solarcaine First Aid Medicated Spray, Benzotic, Zilactin Tooth and Gum Instant Pain Reliever, Benzo-Jel, Treagan, Orajel Baby, Cepacol Fizzlers, Oticaine, Exactacain, Otogesic, Omedia, Zilactin-B, OraMagic Plus, Tympagesic, Spec-T, Detane, Vagicaine, Otic Edge, Americaine Otic, Auroto, Trocaine, Cough-X Cough Relief, Tebamide, Triban, Foille, MyOxin, Anbesol Cold Sore, Otocain, Cepacol Dual Relief Sore Throat + Cough Spray, Num-Zit, Protac, Spec-T Sore Throat/Cough Suppressant, Cough-X, Gumsol, Hem-Prep, Ora film, Americaine Anesthetic Lubricant, Tanac, Caine Tips Oral Pain Relief, Laryngesic, Maintain, Topex Topical Anethetic, Play Longer, Dent-O-Kain, Rx-Otic, Babee Teething Lotion, Bicozene, Americaine Hemorrhoidal, Enemeez Plus, Therevac Plus, Vicks Formula 44 Custom Care Sore Throat Lozenges, Otigesic, OtiLam, Tebamide Pediatric, PR Otic, Vagisil Maximum Strength, Chlorphenylcaine, Spec-T Sore Throat/Decongestant Lozenges, Dermagesic, Z-Xtra, Dermoplast Antibacterial, Orajel Mouth-Aid Liquid, Sting-Kill, Rid-A-Pain, Chigger-Tox, Skeeter Stik, Outgro Pain Relief, Mosco Nail A Cain, Chiggerex, Numzident, Foille Plus, Orajel Overnight Cold Sore Patch, Retre-Gel, Anbesol Baby, Super Dent Topical Anesthetic Gel, Denti-Care Denti-Freeze, Cepacol Anesthetic, Orajel Mouth Sore Medicine Gel, BeeGentle, Isodettes, Benz-O-Sthetic, Orajel Denture Plus, Chloraseptic Sore Throat Relief Strips, Anacaine

Benzocaine Levels and Effects while Breastfeeding

Summary of Use during Lactation

Topical benzocaine has not been studied during breastfeeding, but is unlikely to affect her breastfed infant if it is applied away from the breast. Benzocaine should not be applied to the breast or nipple, because the infant may ingest the drug during nursing and it has been associated with severe methemoglobinemia.

Drug Levels

Maternal Levels. Relevant published information was not found as of the revision date.

Infant Levels. Relevant published information was not found as of the revision date.

Effects in Breastfed Infants

Relevant published information was not found as of the revision date.

Possible Effects on Lactation

Relevant published information was not found as of the revision date.

Alternate Drugs to Consider

Lidocaine

References

Benzocaine Identification

Substance Name

Benzocaine

CAS Registry Number

94-09-7

Drug Class

• Anesthetics, Local

Administrative Information

LactMed Record Number

845

Information from the National Library of Medicine's LactMed Database.

Last Revision Date

2011-01-31

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See Also...

• Benzocaine otic use during Pregnancy
• Benzocaine topical use during Pregnancy
• Benzocaine Drops Consumer Information
• Benzocaine Aerosol Spray Consumer Information
• Breastfeeding Support Group
• Safe Medications during Breastfeeding
• Medicine use while Breastfeeding
• Medicine use during Pregnancy

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