Nott M R, Clemson C J, Peacock J L
Royal West Sussex Hospital, Chichester, United Kingdom.
Eur J Anaesthesiol. 1996 Jan;13(1):17-20. doi: 10.1097/00003643-199601000-00004.
Many adults are distressed by painful investigations or treatment, including venepuncture. The early effects of Eutectic Mixture of Local Anaesthetics (EMLA) 5%, on relief of pinprick pain in the antecubital area was investigated and compared with EMLA plus glyceryl trinitrate and with a placebo cream in 100 patients. Topical analgesia after application of EMLA developed within 5 min in 69% and within 10 min in 83% of those tested, significantly different from placebo, (P = 0.01).