牙科診所 Benzocaine 口腔止痛藥禁止 2 歲以下嬰幼兒童使用


中華民國衛生福利部食品藥物管理署(以下簡稱食藥署)近日公告,常見於牙科診所使用的口腔止痛藥「Benzocaine(苯佐卡因)」經國際研究機構證實,「Benzocaine」止痛藥可能引發罕見但嚴重的「變性血紅素血症(Methemoglobinemia)」,對於兒童尤其有著更高危險風險,可能傷害大腦甚至致死!

我國食藥署早於 2012 年 9 月 13 日公告要求該成分藥品應於「注意事項」加註「除非在醫療專業人員的建議及監督下,該類藥品勿使用於2歲以下之嬰幼兒」,現自 2019 年 5 月 20 日起,正式明令禁止含有「Benzocaine」成分藥品使用於 2 歲以下嬰幼兒。

美國 FDA 食品和藥物管理局早些年已限制嬰幼童使用,並提出警告說:「這款產品帶來嚴重的安全風險,卻對治療口腔疼痛幾乎沒有任何好處,包括因出牙而導致的嬰兒牙齦疼痛。」而且用作局部麻醉劑,「Benzocaine(苯佐卡因)」可能引發「變性血紅素血症(Methemoglobinemia)」,大幅度減少血液可以攜帶的氧氣含量,並可能危及生命。

食藥署提醒,醫師處方或藥師交付該成分藥品時,應告知病人或其照護者,且貯放此類藥品時,應放置於兒童無法觸及處,以免誤用。此外,醫師也應提醒病人或主要照護者,用藥期間如出現皮膚、嘴唇及甲床顏色呈現蒼白、灰色或藍色、呼吸急促、虛弱、意識混亂、頭痛、頭暈、心跳加速等症狀,應立即就醫。

延伸閱讀:《OTC Benzocaine Teething Products Not Safe for Young Children


使用 Email 訂閱 最新消息不漏接

我們尊重您的隱私,隨時可取消訂閱。

留言

在〈牙科診所 Benzocaine 口腔止痛藥禁止 2 歲以下嬰幼兒童使用〉中有 6 則留言

  1. 「Bria Joy Frey」的個人頭像
    Bria Joy Frey

    Your blog post was really enjoyable to read, and I appreciate the effort you put into creating such great content. Keep up the great work!

  2. 「Aarav Alfredo Mayer」的個人頭像
    Aarav Alfredo Mayer

    I want to express my appreciation for the writer of this blog post. It’s clear they put a lot of effort and thought into their work, and it shows. From the informative content to the engaging writing style, I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

  3. 「Frederick W. Hurst」的個人頭像
    Frederick W. Hurst

    We just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge all the hard work and effort you’ve been putting in lately. Keep up the amazing job, you’re doing great!

  4. 「Alden Murillo」的個人頭像
    Alden Murillo

    From start to finish, your content is simply amazing. You have a talent for making complex topics easy to understand and I always come away with valuable insights.

  5. 「Madison Mason」的個人頭像
    Madison Mason

    It’s always a joy to stumble upon content that genuinely makes an impact and leaves you feeling inspired. Keep up the great work!

  6. 「Grace Jane」的個人頭像
    Grace Jane

    obviously like your web-site but you need to test the spelling on quite a few of your posts. Several of them are rife with spelling problems and I to find it very troublesome to inform the reality on the other hand I’ll certainly come back again.

發佈留言

發佈留言必須填寫的電子郵件地址不會公開。 必填欄位標示為 *