MARCAINE - SPINAL Contraindications

(bupivacaine hydrochloride injection, USP - SPINAL)

4 CONTRAINDICATIONS

MARCAINE SPINAL is contraindicated in:

  • intravenous regional anesthesia (Bier Block) [see Warnings and Precautions (5.8)].
  • patients with septicemia.
  • patients with severe hemorrhage, severe hypotension or shock, due to a reduced cardiac output.
  • patients with clinically significant arrhythmias, such as complete heartblock, due a reduced cardiac output.
  • patients with a known hypersensitivity to bupivacaine or to any local anesthetic agent of the amide-type or to other components of MARCAINE SPINAL.
    • patients with local infection at the site of proposed lumbar puncture.

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Contraindications

4 CONTRAINDICATIONS

MARCAINE SPINAL is contraindicated in:

  • intravenous regional anesthesia (Bier Block) [see Warnings and Precautions (5.8)].
  • patients with septicemia.
  • patients with severe hemorrhage, severe hypotension or shock, due to a reduced cardiac output.
  • patients with clinically significant arrhythmias, such as complete heartblock, due a reduced cardiac output.
  • patients with a known hypersensitivity to bupivacaine or to any local anesthetic agent of the amide-type or to other components of MARCAINE SPINAL.
    • patients with local infection at the site of proposed lumbar puncture.
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