To print: Select File and then Print from your browser's menu --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Painless Shots Possible With Anesthetic Ethyl Chloride Spray URL: http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/14D49E.htm Doctor's Guide December 2, 1999
CLEVELAND, OH -- December 2, 1999 -- "Ouchless" shots are now a reality. In what has to be good news for children, parents and doctors, a topical skin anesthetic has been found to take the sting out of injections and immunizations. Anxiety about the excessive pain and adverse reactions associated with multiple immunization injections causes children to miss scheduled vaccines. A simple spray reduces the injection-related pain, while eliminating much of the unnecessary distress of children and parents. In a recent study, 93 percent of those to whom the topical anesthetic, Gebauer's Ethyl Chloride, was applied beforehand reported feeling no pain when receiving an injection. Clinical studies published in medical journals including Pediatrics, Journal of the American Medical Association, and Journal of Pain Symptom Management have proven the anesthetic spray to be safe, easy to use and instantly effective after application. The doctor or nurse sprays it directly onto the child's skin for a few seconds, swabs with antiseptic, then quickly and painlessly performs the injection. In adults, the spray, which briefly numbs the skin through rapid cooling, also prevents pain associated with such minor outpatient procedures as incisions, lancing boils and draining small abscesses. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright © 1999 P\S\L Consulting Group Inc. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of P\S\L content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of P\S\L. P\S\L shall not be liable for any errors, omissions or delays in this content or any other content on its sites, newsletters or other publications, nor for any decisions or actions taken in reliance on such content. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This news story was printed from *Doctor's Guide to the Internet* located at http://www.docguide.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to News Story Page This site is maintained by webmaster@pslgroup.com Please contact us with any comments, problems or bugs. All contents Copyright (c) 1998 P\S\L Consulting Group Inc. All rights reserved.