My Chapter 14 Pharmacy Quiz

The brand name for bupivacaine is Carbocaine. Marcaine. Novocaine. Xylocaine.

Marcaine. The most common local anesthetic agents used in surgery are aminoamides; bupivacaine (Marcaine) is one of those agents.

The most common approach for a brachial plexus block is axillary. interscalene. supraclavicular. infraclavicular.

axillary A brachial plexus block may be administered in several different locations including interscalene, supraclavicular, infraclavicular, but the most common approach is axillary.

The brand name for mepivacaine is Carbocaine. Marcaine. Sensorcaine. Xylocaine.

Carbocaine.

Which agent is not an amide anesthetic? Bupivacaine Cocaine Lidocaine Mepivacaine

Cocaine The most common local anesthetic agents used in surgery are aminoamides—lidocaine (Xylocaine), bupivacaine (Marcaine), and ropivacaine (Naropin). A less commonly used local anesthetic agent is mepivacaine (Carbocaine). The first local anesthetic agents, topical cocaine and injectable procaine (Novocaine), were aminoesters.

The brand name for lidocaine is Carbocaine. Marcaine. Sensorcaine. Xylocaine.

Xylocaine