Eutectic lignocaine-prilocaine has the following unique propey:
* Lignocaine or prilocaine cannot anaesthetize intact skin. * Eutectic mixture is the combination of equal propoions of lignocaine and prilocaine at 25 degC. This mixture has a lower melting point than any of the two ingredients. It helps to make the preparation oily that can be applied on the intact skin. It has a concentration of 2.5% each with a contact period of 1 hour. * Eutectic mixture can be used to anaesthetize intact skin.
It causes motor blockade without sensory block
By surface application, it can anaesthetize unbroken skin
It is not absorbed after surface application
It has strong vasoconstrictor action
Anaesthesia