Bupivacaine (NA)
Bupivac Heavy Injection blocks the nerve impulses that send pain signals to your brain and helps to perform a painless procedure by temporarily numbing the surgical area. Like many other medicines, this medicine also has few side effects. The most common side effects of this medicine are nausea, vomiting, tingling sensation, slow heart rate, high or low blood pressure, dizziness, and urinary retention. These are usually mild and short-lived. If the numbness or other side effects persist, consult your doctor without delay.Before using Bupivac Heavy Injection, it is very important to tell your doctor if you have any underlying heart disease or are taking medicines for heart rhythm problems. Let your doctor know if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. Also, it is not safe to drive or operate heavy machinery while on medication, unless your doctor permits you to do so.
Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about themCommon side effects of Bupivac Heavy
4 ml Injection
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Your doctor or nurse will give you this medicine. Kindly do not self administer.
Bupivac Heavy Injection is a local anesthetic. It works by blocking the transmission of pain signals from the nerves to the brain. This helps to decrease the sensation of pain.
Related Warnings
It is not known whether it is safe to consume alcohol with Bupivac Heavy Injection. Please consult your doctor.
Bupivac Heavy Injection may be unsafe to use during pregnancy. Although there are limited studies in humans, animal studies have shown harmful effects on the developing baby. Your doctor will weigh the benefits and any potential risks before prescribing it to you. Please consult your doctor.
Bupivac Heavy Injection is probably safe to use during breastfeeding. Limited human data suggests that the drug does not represent any significant risk to the baby.
Bupivac Heavy Injection may cause side effects which could affect your ability to drive.
Bupivac Heavy Injection may cause numbness to certain areas of the body for about 2-4 hours after having it. You should wait for the effect to wear off as this may affect your ability to drive
Bupivac Heavy Injection should be used with caution in patients with kidney disease. Dose adjustment of Bupivac Heavy Injection may be needed. Please consult your doctor.
Bupivac Heavy Injection should be used with caution in patients with liver disease. Dose adjustment of Bupivac Heavy Injection may be needed. Please consult your doctor.
No, Bupivac Heavy Injection is neither an opioid nor a narcotic. Bupivac Heavy Injection is a medication that belongs to a class of medicines known as local anesthetics. It helps prevent pain which occurs during and after a surgery. The effect of the medicine lasts for over a long period of time, thus aiding in recovery too. Bupivac Heavy Injection works on your body only in the treated area, unlike opioids that work on the whole body.
Bupivac Heavy Injection works by numbing that area on your body where a surgery has been performed. Bupivac Heavy Injection slowly releases a local anesthetic medication into that area, thus providing effective long-lasting pain relief.
Yes, your doctor may prescribe some other pain relieving medicines alongwith Bupivac Heavy Injection for effective pain management. Due to this, you will need lower doses of the different medicines you are taking. Additionally, this will also reduce the chances of developing side effects of a particular medicine because of the lower doses.
Ropivacaine is a left isomer of Bupivac Heavy Injection. Yes, Ropivacaine is comparatively safer than Bupivac Heavy Injection. There are less toxic effects of ropivacaine on the heart and central nervous system as compared to Bupivac Heavy Injection. Hence, it is considered as a safer option.
Our nervous system is more sensitive to the effects of local anesthetics than any other system of the human body. In case of local anesthesia toxicity one may experience tinnitus (ringing sound in the ears), blurred vision, dizziness, tongue paresthesia (tingling or pricking sensation) and circumoral numbness (numbness around the eyes). Consult your doctor if the symptoms bothers you.
