Xylocaine with adrenaline injection

How can this medicine affect other medicines?

It is important to tell your doctor, pharmacist or the anaesthetist administering this medicine what medicines you are already taking, including those bought without a prescription and herbal medicines, before you are given this anaesthetic, so they can ensure that the combination is safe.

If you are taking a medicine to treat an irregular heartbeat (antiarrhythmic), for example amiodarone, your doctor may want to monitor your heartbeat with an ECG during the anaesthetic.

Due to the adrenaline component, this anaesthetic should be used with caution in people taking any of the following medicines, as there may be a risk of a rise in blood pressure:

tricyclic antidepressants

monoamine oxidase inhibitors

potent general anaesthetics

beta-blockers such as propranolol

ergometrine.

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