Development of Lidocaine-Loaded Dissolving Microneedle for Rapid and Efficient Local Anesthesia

• Main Authors: Huisuk Yang (Author), Geonwoo Kang (Author), Mingyu Jang (Author), Daniel Junmin Um (Author), Jiwoo Shin (Author), Hyeonjun Kim (Author), Jintae Hong (Author), Hyunji Jung (Author), Hyemyoung Ahn (Author), Seongdae Gong (Author), Chisong Lee (Author), Ui-Won Jung (Author), Hyungil Jung (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Lidocaine is a local anesthetic agent used in the form of injection and topical cream. However, these formulation types have limitations of being either painful or slow-acting, thereby hindering effective and complete clinical performance of lidocaine. Dissolving microneedles (DMNs) are used to over...