Prilocaine Dosage

Generic name: Prilocaine
Brand name: Citanest Plain Dental
Drug class: Local injectable anesthetics

Medically reviewed by  A Ras MD.

 Recommended Adult Dosing

Dosage forms:  GEL: 2.5%/2.5%

Local anesthesia, dental

[apply prn]

Start: apply to gingival margin, wait 30sec, then fill peridontal pockets; Max: 5 cartridges/tx session; Info: wait 30sec before scaling and root planing; duration 20min; 1 cartridge = 1.7 g lidocaine/prilocaine gel

Renal dosing

[not defined]

renal impairment: not defined

HD/PD: not defined

Hepatic dosing

[not defined]

severe hepatic dz: caution advised

SRC: NLM .