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Article: Be aware of lidocaine allergic contact dermatitis
- Article from:
- Dermatology Times
- Article date:
- February 1, 2007
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Retrospective study highlights risks, incidences
National report - As use of lidocaine for injectable local and topical anesthesia is increasing, dermatologists need to recognize that this amide anesthetic has the potential to cause allergic contact dermatitis, according to James Taylor, M.D., a dermatologist at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland.
"Allergic reactions to lidocaine have been considered to be extremely rare, and certainly the risk of an immediate hypersensitivity reaction to lidocaine is minimal relative to that associated with the ester anesthetics. However, recent reports of a number of cases of delayed hypersensitivity reactions led the North American Contact ...