Laura79
10-15-2003, 10:07 AM
Wondering if anyone has or knows of someone that has had a reaction to Novocain? What happened? Thanks a bunch! :)
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rubindj
10-17-2003, 02:32 AM
I've asked a few allergists and anesthesiologists (who often have to deal with it). Between them, they say they've seen 1 case with a total of about 250 years of active practice between them.
In most cases its an allergic reaction to the delivery mechinism rather than the drug, or to a preservative in the drug. Its pretty simple and safe for either an allergist or anestheisologist to do a simple skin prick test to see what the real situation is.
By the way the reason that anethesoligists come up in this discussion is because this drug, or a variation of it, is used so much in surgury that they have learned to test for allergies.
In most cases its an allergic reaction to the delivery mechinism rather than the drug, or to a preservative in the drug. Its pretty simple and safe for either an allergist or anestheisologist to do a simple skin prick test to see what the real situation is.
By the way the reason that anethesoligists come up in this discussion is because this drug, or a variation of it, is used so much in surgury that they have learned to test for allergies.