What should I Know Regarding Pregnancy, Nursing and Administering Lidocaine Hcl Cream to Children or the Elderly?

If you are PREGNANT

  • Requires a Risk/Benefit Assessment:

If you are NURSING

  • No Known Risk: AMOUNT EXCRETED REPORTED TO BE LOW WITH LOW INFANT ORAL BIOAVAILABILITY

If you are an adult over 60

  • Management or Monitoring Precaution: General-May be more sensitive to CNS and cardiac adverse reactions. Consider dose reduction due to reduced clearance in the elderly.

Giving Lidocaine Hcl Cream to a child under 12

  • Severe Precaution: Rare risk of methemoglobinemia in infants age < 6 months. No safety efficacy in pediatrics. Increased sensitivity to adverse effects.
  • Severe Precaution: Rare risk of methemoglobinemia in infants age < 6 months. Use dose based on age, body weight and physical condition.
  • Severe Precaution: Rare risk of methemoglobinemia in infants age < 6 months. No safety efficacy in pediatrics. Increased sensitivity to adverse effects.
  • Management or Monitoring Precaution: Rare risk of methemoglobinemia. Use dose based on age, body weight and physical condition.
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