Local anesthetics maximum doses
Maximum dosages of local anesthetics:
• Amides (mg/kg, followed by maximum mgs in 70 kg patient)
. – Lidocaine with epinephrine — 7; 500
. – Lidocaine without epinephrine — 5; 350
. – Bupivacaine with epinephrine — 3; 210
. – Bupivacaine without epinephrine — 2; 140
. – Etidocaine — 4; 280
. – Mepivacaine — 7; 500
. – Prilocaine — 12; 900
. – Ropivacaine — 2; 140
• Esters
. – Cocaine — 3; 210
. – Procaine — 14; 1000
. – Chloroprocaine — 14; 1000
. – Tetracaine — 3; 210
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