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Emla
Identifier
018945
Type of Spiritual Experience
Number of hallucinations: 4
Background
A description of the experience
Lidocaine/prilocaine is a eutectic mixture of equal quantities (by weight) of lidocaine and prilocaine. A 5% emulsion preparation, containing 2.5% each of lidocaine/prilocaine, trade name EMLA (an abbreviation for Eutectic Mixture of Local Anesthetics).
The lidocaine/prilocaine combination is indicated for dermal anaesthesia. Specifically it is applied to prevent pain associated with intravenous catheter insertion, blood sampling, superficial surgical procedures; and topical anaesthesia of leg ulcers for cleansing or debridement. Also, it can be used to numb the skin before tattooing as well as electrolysis and laser hair removal. It is also sometimes used in advance of injected local anaesthetics for minor surgery and biopsies.
On Jan, 05, 2017 1,926 people reported to have side effects when taking Emla.
Among them, 4 people (0.21%) have Hallucination
On Nov, 18, 2015: 1,105 people reported to have side effects when taking Emla. Among them, 18 people (1.63%) have Death.