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Local Anesthetic Agent	MRD of Anesthetic by Body Weight	MRD of Anesthetic if greater than 150 lbs.	MRD of Anesthetic in Cartridges	MRD of Vasoconstrictor in mg and Cartridges Healthy Adult	MRD of Vasoconstrictor in mg and Cartridges Medically Compromised Adult
3% Mepivacaine (Carbocaine, Polocaine, etc.)	2.0mg/lb	300 mg	5.5	no vasoconstrictor	no vasoconstrictor
4% Prilocaine (infiltration) (Citanest plain)	2.7mg/lb	400 mg	5.5	no vasoconstrictor	no vasoconstrictor
2% Lidocaine 1:100,000 epi (Xylocaine, Octocaine, etc.)	2.0mg/lb	300 mg	8	0.2 mg/8 cartridges	0.04 mg/2 cartridges
2% Lidocaine 1:50,000 epi	2.0 mg/lb	300 mg	5.5 (epinephrine is dose limiting factor)	0.2 mg/5.5 cartridges	0.04 mg/1 cartridge
2% Mepivacaine 1:20,000 Levonordefrin	2.0 mg/lb	300 mg	8	1 mg/8 cartridges	0.2 mg/2 cartridges
4% Prilocaine (nerve block)	2.7 mg/lb	400 mg	5.5	no vasoconstrictor	no vasoconstrictor
4% Prilocaine 1:200,000 epi (Citanest Forte)	2.7 mg/lb	400 mg	5.5	0.2 mg/5.5 cartridges	0.04 mg/4 cartridges
1.5% Etidocaine 1:200,000 epi (Duranest)	3.6 mg/lb	400 mg (MRD is reached at greater than or equal to 110 lb)	15	0.2 mg/15 cartridges	0.04 mg/4 cartridges
.5% Bupivacaine 1:200,000 epi (Marcaine)	0.6 mg/lb	90 mg	10	0.2 mg/10 cartridges	0.04 mg/4 cartridges

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