Research Article
Local Anesthetics, Procaine, Lidocaine, and Mepivacaine Show Vasodilatation but No Type 1 Allergy: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study
Table 1
Drug preparations used in subcutaneous injections for allergy testing of LA.
| Substance | Number of injections, | Container | Preservative | Producer |
| Procaine 1%
| 104 | Bottle | Benzyl alcohol | Steigerwald | 13 | Bottle | Parabens | Loges | 17 | Ampoule | None | Steigerwald |
| Lidocaine 0,5%
| 82 | Bottle | Benzyl alcohol | Steigerwald | 14 | Ampoule | None | Steigerwald |
| Mepivacaine 1%
| 37 | Ampoule | None | Actavis | 24 | Carpule | Calcium chloride | Actavis |
| NaCl 0,9%
| 49 | Bottle | None | Braun |
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