Re: pletcher (550 Views)
Posted by:
mikemd (IP Logged)
Date: July 05, 2005 06:10PM
half life of mepivacaine is 1.6 hours. that means every 1.6 hours half of the amount get removed from the system. the half-life is somewhat variable. if you expect 1.6 hours and it ends up 3, you can end up with more in the system than you expect at some point after the injection.
from my experience, this is used as a joint block. it works extremely well. the problem is that pain is the bodys way of saying something is wrong. thus, you might only get one race before a career ending injury.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/05/2005 06:24PM by mikemd.