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A 73 year old female, weighing 125 pounds, presents for dental hygiene therapy on the maxillary right quadrant. Her medical history reveals that she had bypass surgery 2 years ago and is being monitored by her physician for high blood pressure which is presently controlled by medication.

You decide to administer the following injections: PSA, MSA, ASA, GP and NP and to use 2% lidocaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine (Xylocaine). Can this anesthetic be safely used for this patient:

  1. yes, as long as it is used judiciously
  2. yes, there are no problems at all with using any type of anesthetic agent with this patient
  3. no, this anesthetic is an absolute contraindication
  4. no, this patient should not receive any anesthetic agents at this time