Articaine with epinephrine (dental cartridge)

🧮 Dose calculator

Local anaesthesia (infiltration / dental) · Regimen source: FDA Orabloc (articaine) · 2.2

• • Equals 0.175 mL/kg. Usual: infiltration 0.5–2.5 mL; nerve block 0.5–3.4 mL; oral surgery 1–5.1 mL. The calculated value is the ceiling. FDA Orabloc (articaine) · 2.2FDA Orabloc (articaine) · 2.1

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👥 Special populations

• 🤰 PregnancyUse with caution

  Label states no clear risk or has limited data; use only if needed, under medical advice. FDA Orabloc (articaine) · 8.1

  “Risk Summary Available data from postmarketing case reports over decades of clinical use with articaine and epinephrine during pregnancy have not identified any drug-associated risks of major birth defects, miscarriage, or other adverse maternal or fetal outcomes.”

• 🤱 BreastfeedingUse with caution

  Label: use with caution while breastfeeding; see the label text. FDA Orabloc (articaine) · 8.2

  “Risk Summary There are no data on the presence of articaine with epinephrine in human milk, the effects on breastfed infants, or the effects on milk production.”

• 👶 ChildrenUse with caution

  The label has conditions, age limits or notes for children; the label sentence is quoted below. FDA Orabloc (articaine) · 8.4

  “The safety and effectiveness of ORABLOC for local, infiltrative, or conductive anesthesia in both simple and complex dental procedures have been established in pediatric patients ages 4 to 16 years old.”

• 👴 Older adultsUse with caution

  Label: use with caution in older adults, usually starting at the low end of the dose range. FDA Orabloc (articaine) · 8.5

  “In clinical trials, 54 patients between the ages of 65 and 75 years, and 11 patients 75 years and over received another product containing articaine and epinephrine 1:100,000.”

• ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data

  The source for this drug has no section for this group.