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Dental local anaesthesia: Which Medications Are Safest? (24 Drugs Compared)

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24 medications are used for Dental local anaesthesia, with 1,387 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Dental local anaesthesia are ARTICAINE\EPINEPHRINE and EPINEPHRINE\LIDOCAINE.

1,387
Total Reports
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Drugs Used

All Medications for Dental local anaesthesia Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
ARTICAINE\EPINEPHRINE - 654 16 164 1.0%
EPINEPHRINE\LIDOCAINE - 500 36 311 1.5%
MEPIVACAINE Mepivacaine 136 19 183 2.7%
LIDOCAINE Burn Relief 97 1,738 5,570 7.6%
PRILOCAINE Citanest Plain 18 2 75 0.8%
EPINEPHRINE\PRILOCAINE - 14 0 4 N/A
LEVONORDEFRIN\MEPIVACAINE - 14 0 0 N/A
BUPIVACAINE Bupivacaine Hydrochloride 10 466 2,367 4.1%
BUPIVACAINE\EPINEPHRINE - 10 5 14 2.9%
EPINEPHRINE EPINEPHRINE 10 1,469 4,388 9.7%
ARTICAINE Articaine Hydrochloride and Epinephrine 9 7 49 7.4%
MEPIVACAINE\MEPIVACAINE - 6 5 42 3.2%

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Most Reported Drugs for Dental local anaesthesia

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