Examples of local anaesthetics

• Lignocaine (USA: lidocaine): e.g. Remicaine®, Petercaine®
• Bupivacaine: e.g. Macaine®
• Ropivacaine: e.g. Naropin®
• Prilocaine
• Amethocaine: e.g. Tetracaine®
• Procaine
• Cinchocaine: e.g. Dibucaine®
• Mepivacaine: e.g. Carbocaine®
• Etidocaine

Reviewed by Prof CL Odendal, senior specialist at the department of anaesthesiology at the University of the Free State, April 2010.