Avoid Mix-Ups Between Clorotekal and Other Chloroprocaine Products

July 2018

Clorotekal (kloh-roh-TEE-kal, chloroprocaine) will be a new local anesthetic product.

Think of it as similar to Nesacaine.

The difference is that Clorotekal is preservative-free chloroprocaine 1% for intrathecal use. Nesacaine is also chloroprocaine 1%...but it has a preservative and is only for local infiltration or nerve blocks.

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