Use
Etidocaine is the most potent amino amide local anestheticand is used for epidural anesthesia, topical anesthesia,and for peripheral nerve or plexus block. Etidocaine blockslarge fast-conducting neurons quicker than the sensory neuronsand may leave epidural patients unable to move yetsensitive to painful procedures. Etidocaine has the samepotential for cardiac toxicity as bupivacaine and the decreasedreports probably are results of the decreased use ofetidocaine.