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Formulations and methods for providing prolonged local anesthesia

  • US 6,426,339 B1
  • Filed: 04/03/2000
  • Issued: 07/30/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for providing prolonged local analgesia at a site in a patient in need thereof, comprisingadministering a local anesthetic in controlled release form at a site in a patient at which local analgesia is desired, and thereafter administering at the site a glucocorticosteroid agent, in an amount effective to reactivate or prolong local analgesia, said glucocorticosteroid agent being administered at least one hour after said local anesthetic is administered.

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