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The video library includes a variety of surgical procedures that demonstrate the correct way to administer EXPAREL for optimal pain control and coverage.
EXPAREL cannot be administered in the same way as bupivacaine HCI. Inject EXPAREL using a deep tissue administration technique or transversus abdominis plane block.
Open Abdominal Mesh removal with abdominal wall reconstruction with TAR and placement of new mesh
Performed by Dr Ramshaw
EXPAREL® is indicated for single-dose infiltration in adults to produce postsurgical local analgesia and as an interscalene brachial plexus nerve block to produce postsurgical regional analgesia. Safety and efficacy have not been established in other nerve blocks.
EXPAREL is contraindicated in obstetrical paracervical block anesthesia.
The recommended dose of EXPAREL is based on the size of the surgical site, the volume required to cover the area, and individual patient factors that may impact the safety of an amide local anesthetic. The maximum dose of EXPAREL should not exceed 266 mg.
EXPAREL can be administered undiluted (20 mL) or diluted to increase volume up to a total of 300 mL (final concentration of 0.89 mg/mL [ie, 1:14 dilution by volume]) with normal (0.9%) saline or lactated Ringer's solution.
Bupivacaine HCl may be administered immediately before EXPAREL or admixed in the same syringe, as long as the ratio of the milligram dose of bupivacaine HCl to EXPAREL does not exceed 1:2. Admixing may impact the pharmacokinetic and/or physiochemical properties of EXPAREL, and this effect is concentration dependent. The toxic effects of these drugs are additive and their administration should be used with caution, including monitoring for neurological and cardiovascular effects related to toxicity.
Other than with bupivacaine, EXPAREL should not be admixed with other drugs prior to administration.
The following video represents an individual clinician experience with and methodology for using EXPAREL.
Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc., recognizes that there are other methodologies for administering local anesthetics, as well as individual patient considerations, when selecting the dose for a specific procedure.
Please see Important Safety Information below and refer to the Full Prescribing Information for EXPAREL available at EXPAREL.com.
Please refer to full Prescribing Information.