Lidocaine Base is a free base local anesthetic and antiarrhythmic drug used to prevent and treat pain during surgical or diagnostic procedures. It is also used for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. Lidocaine can be administered orally, in topical applications or as a solution for injection.
Lidocaine Base used further in formulations which are used mainly in topical application to relieve itching, burning and pain of inflamed skin. It inhibit ion fluxes across membranes, particularly sodium transport across the cell membrane decreases increasing depolarization phase action potential blocking nerve action potential.