Z Lidocaine 2% Injection

The dosage is adjusted according to the response of the patient and site of administration.

Adult: For healthy adults, the maximum individual dose should not exceed 4.5mg/kg of body weight and in general it is recommended that the maximum total dose does not exceed 300 mg. Recommended doses given in the below serve only as a guide to the amount of anaesthetic required for most routine procedures.

Infiltration-

• Percutaneous: Total dose 5-300 mg
• Intravenous regional: Total dose 50-300 mg

Peripheral Nerve Blocks-

• Brachial: Total dose 225-300 mg
• Dental: Total dose 20-100 mg
• Intercostal: Total dose 30 mg
• Paravertebral: Total dose 30-50 mg

Pudenal (each side):?

• Paracervical Obstetrical analgesia: Total dose 100 mg

Sympathetic Nerve Blocks

• Cervical: Total dose 50 mg
• Lumbar: Total dose 50-100 mg

Central Neural Blocks

• Epidural: Total dose 200-300 mg [Dose determined by number of dermatomes to be anesthetized (2-3 mL/dermatome) periodically.]
• Thoracic: Total dose 200-300 mg

Lumbar

• Analgesia: Total dose 250-300 mg
• Anesthesia: Total dose 200-300 mg

Caudal

• Obstetrical analgesia: Total dose 200-300 mg
• Surgical anesthesia: Total dose 225-300 mg.