EMLA cream

EMLA cream
a cream containing a eutectic mixture of local anaesthetics (hence the name). Applied to the skin as a thick coating and left on for 90 minutes, it gives a helpful degree of local anaesthesia, allowing blood samples to be taken and facilitating biopsy procedures in young children.

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