Are local anesthesia vials similar to champagne: Do they lose their potency once opened?: An in vitro study

• Main Authors: P S Gopinath Thilak (Author), Sameep S Shetty (Author), Jagadeesh Chandra (Author), Kavana Gowda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and Objectives: Epinephrine is volatile and unstable on exposure to air. Addition of sodium metabisulfite as an antioxidant has been effective, but there are no clear-cut consensus on its efficiency in retarding the oxidation that sets in once the anesthetic vials are kept open with a nee...