A 41-year-old member asked:
How can i excrete the dental anesthesia septocaine after a visit?
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Dr. Leonard Pizzolattoanswered
General Practice 43 years experience
Your body does it. : Septocaine is broken down by your liver and the by products are excreted in your urine. There is nothing you can do to facilitate this breakdown. It is one of the miracles of the human body.
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Dr. Richard Charmoyanswered
Dentistry 38 years experience
Rxcercise: For a short time there was ads in dental journals about a product you could inject to help sleep up the elimination of anesthesia. In my practice I do not use any with a vasoconstrictor which is what keeps you numb for long periods of time. The only time I do is when found surgery, rct or other long proceedures. If you increase your heart rate the anesthetic will move out of your system as your a.
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Dr. Richard Pollardanswered
Anesthesiology 32 years experience
Urine: This medication is both metabolized in the liver, and excreted in the urine. The half life is less than 2 hours, so usually this medication is functionally gone from your body in 6 hours. There is not much you can do to improve on this, except possibly hydrate to encourage urination.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
How to naturally excrete the dental anesthesia septocaine after a visit?
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Dr. Scott Harwoodanswered
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 47 years experience
Happens naturally: Septocaine with 1:100, 000 Epinephrine will last up to 60 minutes when it is infiltrated and 120 minutes for a nerve block. It will wear off naturally by itself.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Can you tell me with what or how to naturally excrete the dental anesthesia septocaine after a visit?
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Dr. Peter Karsantanswered
Dentistry 41 years experience
Breakdown: All local anesthetics need to be broken down either in the liver or kidney. To speed up the process you can increase the flow of blood to the liver or kidney by taking in caffeine or by briskly walking or running. Septocaine should be used over the tooth only not as a 'block' say to numb your lower jaw. Anesth lasting less time, try Carbocaine with no Epinephrine takes longer to work lsts 1 hr.
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