Can I use SOOV cream in the same way as I would use EMLA cream, putting it on my arm 1 to 5 hours before inserting needles for dialysis? I have previously used EMLA, but it is prohibitively expensive.

Hi there,

Thank you for your question.

Both SOOV Cream and EMLA contain lignocaine, but the products vary considerably in terms of potency. EMLA contains a combination of the local anaesthetics lignocaine and prilocaine in a concentration of 5% which work together (synergistically) to provide an enhanced anaesthetic effect. The concentration of lignocaine in SOOV Cream is only 1%, so even though the product is not as costly as EMLA, it is unlikely to produce a comparable therapeutic effect.

Ego makes Numit Cream, which like EMLA contains lignocaine and prilocaine in a combined concentration of 5%, and which is intended for the same indications as EMLA. Numit 5% Cream is available in a 10g and 30g tube at a competitive price to EMLA.

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