Over the last decade, #poisonings and deaths linked to the use of local #anesthetics have decreased. Even so, poisonings from one commonly used anesthetic, #lidocaine, have increased in the United States
#Medical #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/med10062501.html
Lidocaine poisonings rise despite overall drop in local anesthetic toxicity

Lidocaine is “undoubtedly the most frequently used local anesthetic