Levobupivacaine: a Review of Its Use in Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Management

Overview

Journal Drugs

Specialty Pharmacology

Date 2010 Apr 17

PMID 20394458

Citations 15

Authors

Mark Sanford

Gillian M Keating

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Abstract

Levobupivacaine (Chirocaine) is a long-acting amide local anaesthetic that is effective when administered as an epidural, spinal, peripheral nerve or ocular block, or by topical application or local infiltration. In comparative trials, its clinical effects were not generally significantly different from those of bupivacaine or ropivacaine, although there was some variability in efficacy findings in different clinical populations. Levobupivacaine was generally well tolerated. Levobupivacaine provides effective anaesthesia and analgesia for a wide range of clinical populations and is a useful alternative to bupivacaine.

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