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Local Anaesthetics - systemic toxicity

Drug
Maximal Volume
Lignocaine
(Xylocaine)
0.5%
1.0%
2.0%
40ml
20ml
10ml
Bupivucaine
(Marcaine)
0.25%
0.5%
60ml
30ml
Prilocaine
(Citanest)
0.5%
1.0%
2.0%
80ml
40ml
20ml
Procaine
0.5%
1.0%
2.0%
200ml
100ml
50ml

A table of the doses of local anaesthetics above which systemic toxicity is likely to occur.