The difference between Lidoderm patch and Versatis plasters
Posted by mei | Posted in Life as a pharmacist, Pharmacy queries | Posted on 08-08-2010
Tagged Under : lidoderm patch, versatis plasters
Ooh.. I was asked this question by someone over the phone the other day.
I couldn’t help the person coz i didnt know what active ingredient was in lidoderm, it wasn’t in my ‘bibles’ … ishh so I had to refer her to the doctor, which i hate doin because it is such a simple question. Anyway Versatis is the one we commonly see in the dispensary – lidocaine 5% plasters, I have seen Lidoderm, and kinda knew it was the same stuff, but i wasnt sure. So my friend sent me the link online for Lidoderm http://www.lidoderm.com/ .. so we found out its exactly the same as versatis plasters.
Learnt another thing today. Great.
Just a reminder – lidocaine is a local anesthetic, that temporarily blocks pathway of pain signals along the nerves.
