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LidoJect

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LidoJect

This treatment applies to the following species:
Company: Henry Schein® Animal Health

Lidocaine 2% Injectable

Local Anesthetic

LidoJect Caution

Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

FOR ANIMAL USE ONLY

KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN

Composition

Each mL of sterile aqueous solution contains:

Lidocaine Hydrochloride

2.0%

Propylene Glycol

5.2%

Sodium Chloride

0.5%

Sodium Lactate

0.5%

with Methylparaben 0.15%, Sodium Metabisulfite 0.10%, Propylparaben 0.03% and Disodium Edetate 0.001% as preservatives.

Store at controlled room temperature between 15° and 30°C (59°-86°F).

LidoJect Indications

Lidocaine is a potent local anesthetic for producing epidural, nerve conduction and infiltration anesthesia.

Contraindications

Lidocaine is contraindicated in animals with a known hypersensitivity to the drug.

Precautions

Lidocaine is usually well tolerated. Nevertheless, as with all local anesthetics, untoward effects may occur due to hypersensitivity, faulty technique, overdosage and inadvertent intravascular or subarachnoid injection. In case of respiratory arrest, immediate resuscitation with oxygen is indicated.

Dosage and Administration

Epidural

Cattle and Horses- 5 to 15 mL

Dogs and Cats- 1 mL per 10 pounds of body weight.

Nerve Block

Cattle and Horses- 5 to 20 mL.

Infiltration

Dilute to 0.5% concentration (1 mL of 2% solution diluted with 3 mL of sterile water = 4 mL of a 0.5% solution).

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Distributed Exclusively by Henry Schein Animal Health, Dublin, OH 43017

www.HenryScheinVet.com

Net Contents:

NDC #

Reorder #:

 

100 mL

11695-4147-1

002468

L-2000-04 Rev. 08-10

250 mL

11695-4147-2

014583

L-2000-05 Rev. 08-10

CPN: 1082306.4

HENRY SCHEIN® ANIMAL HEALTH
400 METRO PLACE NORTH, DUBLIN, OH, 43017-7545
Telephone:   614-761-9095
Toll-Free:   1-855-724-3461
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