Drug Identity
Active Ingredient
Bupivacaine
Drug Class
Anaesthetic, Local
ATC Code
N01BB01
Status
Essential Medicine
What is Hospicaine?
Uses
Bupivacaine is an anesthetic (numbing medicine) that is used as a local (in only one area) anesthetic. Bupivacaine is given as an epidura...
How It Works
Administered by infiltration or by epidural, spinal, or peripheral or sympathetic nerve block as a single injection or repeat injections. Injection should be made slowly. Product containing preservatives should not be used for epidural or caudal block.
How to Take It
Dosage information not available for this product.
Safety Alerts
Application to the middle ear (can cause ototoxicity), avoid injection into infected tissues or inflamed tissues and damaged skin, complete heart block
Children below 12 years not recommended,
Important Warnings
Cardiovascular disease, cerebral atheroma, debilitated patients and elderly (consider dose reduction), epilepsy, hypertension, hypotension, hypovolaemia, impaired cardiac conduction, impaired respiratory function, myasthenia gravis, myocardial depression may be more severe and more resistant to treatment, shock, hepatic impairment
To avoid excessive dosage in obese patients, dose should be calculated on the basis of ideal body-weight
Side Effects
Arrhythmiasblurred visioncardiac arrestconvulsionsdizzinessdrowsinessfeeling of inebriationheadachelightheadednessmuscle twitchingmyocardial depression (resulting in hypotension and bradycardia)nauseanumbness of the tongue and perioral regionparaesthesia (including sensations of hot and cold)peripheral vasodilatation (resulting in hypotension and bradycardia)
Drug Interactions
Tell your doctor about all other medicines you use
especially: an antidepressant or antipsychotic medication
anti-nausea medicine such as prochlorperazine (Compazine) or promethazine (Phenergan)
blood pressure medicine --carteolol
carvedilol
labetalol
nadolol
propranolol
Price Intelligence
Rs 210.78
DRAP approved maximum price · per pack of 5 · approved 23 Jul, 2026
No retail price observed for this pack. Retailers may not exceed the approved maximum.
Prices across sources
No retail prices recorded
Should you consider an alternative?
Other options containing Bupivacaine, and what they are not.
Identical active ingredient at the same strength. Cheapest per unit first.
Nervlok
5mg
Rs 210.78 ceiling
SURGE LABORATORIES (PVT) LTD.
Nervlok-Heavy
5mg
Rs 329.15 ceiling
SURGE LABORATORIES (PVT) LTD.
Neupivac
5mg
Rs 142.56 ceiling
NEUTRO PHARMA (PVT) LTD.
Pivacain
5mg
Rs 184.44 ceiling
Bajwa Pharmaceuticals (Pvt.) Ltd.
Bucane
5mg
Rs 350.17 ceiling
Pivacan
5mg
Rs 200.85 ceiling
No DRAP alertsWimits Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd
Ordered by lowest price per unit where a pack size is known, then by price. Order is never affected by sponsorship. Not medical advice — confirm any change with your pharmacist or doctor.
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