Emla 5% Anaesthetic Cream (Lidocaine & Prilocaine)

EMLA anesthesia cream through temporary anesthesia skin can help relieve pain caused by cosmetic and medical procedures involving needles or laser.

EMLA is a kind of anesthesia cream, which is used to reduce the pain of needle surgery, including injection, vaccination and blood examination, and beauty skin surgery involving needles or laser, such as tattoos or laser hair removal.

In order to achieve numb effects, you need to apply EMLA to your skin about 30-60 minutes before surgery, and always cover the area with a suitable closed dressing. Generally, after removing anesthesia cream, the numb effect will last for two hours, but when EMLA is used on your face, this time will be shorter.

EMLA can be used without a prescription, which means it is available directly from Ways Pharmacy. If you are unsure whether it is suitable for you, speak to our pharmacy team on 020 8106 7084 or use the contact form on this website.

How to use

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  1. Before using anesthetic, please read the attached patient information manual.
  2. 60 minutes before surgery, apply EMLA cream directly to the skin.
  3. Cover the cream with impermeable, water -absorbing and transparently closed dressing, so that the active ingredients infiltrate the skin without being wiped off

Warning and precautions

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  • Stay away from children’s sight and contact
  • Used for local anesthesia
  • read the patient’s information manual carefully, and operate in strict accordance with the instructions provided by your situation
  • stored below 30 ° C, do not freeze
  • EMLA should be applied to the skin before surgery may vary from age and surgery
  • If you use it for children under the age of 1, you must remove the cream after an hour
  • After using cream, you may have a slight reaction. This is a normal phenomenon that will disappear in a short time. This includes; the skin is pale or red, slightly puffy, and the initial burning or itching
  • If you encounter any trouble or unusual effects when using Emla Cream, stop using and consult your doctor or pharmacist as soon as possible .

Emla contains two active substances, Lidyaine and Protamine Caine, which together produce numbness. Other ingredients are polyethylene glycol hydroxyl fatty lipate, carpum 974P, sodium hydroxide and pure water.

Applicable to

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  • adult

  • children

What is elma cream use for?

Emla Cream-5G Tube (No Dressings) is Suitable If You Plan to USE EMLA OCCASIONALLY and If You Only Numb A Small Area OF Skin. (E.G. For Immunisations or Blood Tests) A 5G Tube is typically enough for two applications of emla cream. Dressings are not influded so if you chooose this pack, you will need to obedain Suitable Dressin gs to cover the cream.

Elma Cream is Perfect for Children When it comes to their fIRST Inculations and Vaccinations. he experience less unpleasant.

Other used for elma cream?

As well as numbing you before the blood tests, injections and infurations, elma cream can be used tattooooval.

How does emla numbing cream work?

Emla Cream Contains Prilocaine and Lidocaine, Two Active Ingredients that Help Numb the Skin for at Least Two Hours.

When emla cream is applied to the sky, the lidocaine and prilAine Help Prevent Passing from that area to the brain thus helpin G to Ease the Pain Otherwise Caused by Needles or Minor Cosmetic Skin Procedures.

What is emla numbing cream use for?

• It can be used to numb the sky beface needures such as injects, Vaccinations, blood tests and cannula ins.
• It can be used prior to cosmetic skin procedures involution needles or laser e.g. tattoo application and laser hair removal.
• It can be used with children of any age (from full-time birth) prior to needle processures, Including Child Immunisositions to Reduce Pain and Make It Less Distance for You or Your Child WHEN VISITING A Doctor. (Note: If using for a Child Less than 1-Year-Old, you must remove the cream after one)