Citanest Plain Dental Injection and Tylenol Severe Allergy

In the database of official manuals used in the service creation an interaction registered by statistical results of studies was found, which can either lead to negative consequences for the patient health or strengthen a mutual positive effect. A doctor should be consulted to address the issue of joint drug administration.

Using prilocaine together with acetaminophen may increase the risk of methemoglobinemia, a condition that can lead to oxygen deprivation in tissues and vital organs due to reduced oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood. Individuals may be more susceptible to developing methemoglobinemia during treatment with these medications if they are very young (especially neonates and infants) or have anemia, diseases of the heart or lungs, blood circulation disorders, shock, sepsis, and certain genetic predispositions such as NADH cytochrome-b5 reductase deficiency, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, and hemoglobin M. Close medical supervision is necessary when medications that can cause methemoglobinemia are used together. Signs and symptoms of methemoglobinemia may be delayed by several hours after treatment with prilocaine. Patients (or their caregivers) should seek immediate medical attention if they develop a gray discoloration of the skin, mouth, or nail bed; nausea; headache; dizziness; lightheadedness; fatigue; shortness of breath; rapid or shallow breathing; a rapid heartbeat; anxiety; and confusion. It is important to tell your doctor about all other medications you use, including vitamins and herbs. Do not stop using any medications without first talking to your doctor.

MONITOR CLOSELY: Prilocaine can cause dose-related methemoglobin formation via its ortho-toluidine metabolite. Coadministration with other agents that are also associated with methemoglobinemia including other local anesthetics (e.g., benzocaine, lidocaine), antimalarials (e.g., chloroquine, primaquine, quinine, tafenoquine), nitrates and nitrites, sulfonamides, acetaminophen, aminosalicylic acid, dapsone, dimethyl sulfoxide, flutamide, metoclopramide (primarily in infants), nitrofurantoin (primarily in infants), phenazopyridine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, and rasburicase may increase the risk. Additional risk factors include very young age, anemia, cardiac/pulmonary disease, peripheral vascular disease, shock, sepsis, acidosis, and genetic predisposition (e.g., NADH cytochrome-b5 reductase deficiency; glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency; hemoglobin M). The development of methemoglobinemia due to prilocaine is usually dose-related and asymptomatic in normal patients receiving recommended doses, but symptoms may occur at any dose in susceptible individuals. Neonates and infants are particularly susceptible due to a lower activity of the enzyme that reduces methemoglobin to hemoglobin. Neonatal methemoglobinemia has been reported after paracervical or pudendal block in the obstetric patient. The repeated administration of prilocaine, even in relatively small doses, can lead to clinically overt methemoglobinemia (cyanosis). Prilocaine is therefore not recommended for continuous techniques of regional anesthesia.

MANAGEMENT: Prilocaine should be used with caution in the presence of other methemoglobin-inducing drugs. Patients should be closely monitored to ensure adequate perfusion and oxygenation during treatment with prilocaine. Methemoglobin levels should be monitored and oxygen administered whenever possible. Signs and symptoms of methemoglobinemia may be delayed some hours after drug exposure. Patients or their caregivers should be advised to seek medical attention if they notice signs and symptoms of methemoglobinemia such as slate-grey cyanosis in buccal mucous membranes, lips, and nail beds; nausea; headache; dizziness; lightheadedness; lethargy; fatigue; dyspnea; tachypnea; tachycardia; anxiety; and confusion. In severe cases, patients may progress to central nervous system depression, stupor, seizures, acidosis, cardiac arrhythmias, syncope, and shock. Methemoglobinemia should be considered if central cyanosis is unresponsive to oxygen. Calculated oxygen saturation and pulse oximetry are generally not accurate in the setting of methemoglobinemia. The diagnosis can be confirmed by an elevated methemoglobin level of at least 10%. If patient does not respond to administration of oxygen, clinically significant methemoglobinemia should be treated with methylene blue 1 to 2 mg/kg by slow intravenous injection over 5 minutes.

Citanest Plain Dental Injection

Generic Name: prilocaine

Brand name: Citanest Plain Dental

Synonyms: n.a.

What is Citanest Plain Dental Injection?

Tylenol Severe Allergy

Generic Name: acetaminophen / diphenhydramine

Brand name: Tylenol Cold Relief, Tylenol Severe Allergy, Aceta-Gesic, Coricidin Night Time Cold Relief, Excedrin PM, Headache Relief PM, Legatrin PM, Mapap PM, Midol PM, Night Time Pain, Pain Relief PM Extra Strength, Percogesic Extra Strength, Tylenol Cold Relief Nighttime, Tylenol PM, Tylenol Sore Throat Nighttime, Unisom with Pain Relief, Tylenol Extra Strength PM, Bayer Select Max Strength Night Time Pain, Genapap PM, Excedrin PM Caplet, Sominex Pain Relief Formula, Tylenol Severe Allergy Caplet, Anacin PM. Aspirin Free, Tylenol Extra Strength PM Vanilla, Tylenol Cold Relief Caplet, Tylenol Cold Relief Nighttime Caplet, Tylenol Extra Strength PM Rapid Release Gelcaps, Excedrin PM Express, Percogesic Original Strength

Synonyms: n.a.

What is Tylenol Severe Allergy?