Drug reference

Lidocaine with cetrimide

BNF 80 (2020–2021)

Source: BNF 80 (2020–2021)
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Overview

Indications And Dose

Anaesthesia and disinfection in dental practice ▶TO MUCOUS MEMBRANES USING OROMUCOSAL SPRAY ▶Adult: 10–20 mg, no more than 30 mg should be applied to the same quadrant of the buccal cavity— consult product literature, dose expressed as lidocaine Anaesthesia in dental practice ▶TO MUCOUS MEMBRANES USING DENTAL GEL ▶Adult: Apply 100–500 mg, use cotton pellet for application to dried mucosa, dose expressed as weight of gel DOSE EQUIVALENCE AND CONVERSION ▶1 metered dose of Xylonor ® spray is equivalent to 10 mg of lidocaine. ▶2 millimetres of Xylonor ® gel is approximately equivalent to 100 mg of gel (approximately equivalent to 5 mg of lidocaine).

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Cautions

Sepsis (risk of rapid systemic absorption). traumatised mucosa (risk of rapid systemic absorption)

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Safety

Interactions

→Appendix 1: antiarrhythmics

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Dose and formulations

Medicinal Forms

There can be variation in the licensing of different medicines containing the same drug. Oromucosal gel ▶Xylonor (Septodont Ltd) Cetrimide 1.5 mg per 1 gram, Lidocaine 50 mg per 1 gram Xylonor 50mg/g / 1.5mg/g gel sugar-free | 15 gram P £4.00 Spray ▶Xylonor (Septodont Ltd) Cetrimide 100 microgram per 1 gram, Lidocaine 10 mg per 1 gram Xylonor 150mg/g / 1.5mg/g oromucosal spray sugar-free | 36 gram P £20.15

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Dose text by age group

Adult

10–20 mg, no more than 30 mg should be

First-line fragment. Read the complete Indications and Dose section above.

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Adult

Apply 100–500 mg, use cotton pellet for

First-line fragment. Read the complete Indications and Dose section above.

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Age labels are extracted for navigation. Check the complete source section and current local guidance before clinical use.

Drug reference

Lidocaine with cetrimide

BNF 80 (2020–2021)

Source: BNF 80 (2020–2021)
PDF pages: 1446, 1447

Review source pages for extracted sections and age labels. BNF dose snippets show only their first line.

Overview

Indications And Dose

PDF page 1446

Cautions

Sepsis (risk of rapid systemic absorption). traumatised mucosa (risk of rapid systemic absorption)

PDF page 1447

Safety

Interactions

→Appendix 1: antiarrhythmics

PDF page 1447

Dose and formulations

Medicinal Forms

PDF page 1447

Dose text by age group

Adult

10–20 mg, no more than 30 mg should be

First-line fragment. Read the complete Indications and Dose section above.

PDF page 1446

Adult

Apply 100–500 mg, use cotton pellet for

First-line fragment. Read the complete Indications and Dose section above.

PDF page 1446

Age labels are extracted for navigation. Check the complete source section and current local guidance before clinical use.