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Procaine

Nafiz K. Sheikh  1 , Anterpreet Dua  2
In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan.
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Procaine

Nafiz K. Sheikh et al.
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Procaine is a medication used for analgesia before a procedural intervention. It is in the local anesthetics class of drugs. This activity reviews the indications, mechanism of action, adverse effects, contraindications, administration, and monitoring of procaine use in applications of local, regional, and neuraxial analgesia.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: Nafiz Sheikh declares no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Disclosure: Anterpreet Dua declares no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

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