| The onset of anesthesia with lidocaine is more rapid and the duration of action is longer than with procaine hydrochloride. |
| The second criterion was the occurrence of an IMS detection of procaine. |
| Historically, procaine has been used for this purpose, although lidocaine is also commonly used today. |
| Ongoing staff education activities should include the topic of proper procaine and benzathine administration. |
| The alternative regimen is procaine penicillin G, 50,000 units per kg intramuscularly every day for 10 days. |
| Intramuscular administration is possible but causes extreme pain if CaNa2EDTA is not mixed with procaine. |
