Resolving Potential Emergency Situations Neural Therapy is an extremely safe treatment regime. Emergency situations develop generally from one of three major factors: 1. Use of an inappropriate local anesthetic Use of one or two percent procaine without any preservatives and buffered with hydroxide almost eliminates the potential for an emergency situation. The hydroxy-buffered procaine reduces the injection "sting" by 70% without any loss of the local anesthetic effect. This custom anesthetic can be compounded by Hopewell Pharmacy (800) 792-6670. Because the procaine has no preservatives its shelf-life is only 6 to 12 months. In comparison, procaine with preservatives has a three-fold incidence of severe allergic reactions to lidocaine and is not recommended at all. Lidocaine without any preservatives works well, however, a metabolite (aniline) of lidocaine has been shown to be carcinogenic in rats and lidocaine is broken down in the liver. Those patients who are already in a distress overload due to toxins (mercury, prescription drugs,bowel toxicity, etc.) will be over stressing their liver's detox mechanisms (P450 enzyme system). Do NOT ALLOW YOUR DENTIST TO USE LIDOCAINE. Marcaine is inappropriate because it causes muscle-necrosis and prolonged, severe hypotension when intravenous injection is accidental. It also can be lethal. Carbocaine is also not recommended since it has an unusually prolonged action and it also has not been around long enough to have evaluated its safety. Remmember, lidocaine has been around 50 years before it was discovered to have a carcinogenic metabolite. 2. Spontaneous detoxification Neural therapy alters the electrical potential of the autonomic system and affects the membrane potential of all body cells. Injecting DMPS and or procaine influences the ionic channels within the cell membranes. If you are over burdened with petro chemicals, heavy metals (mercury, lead, cadmium, aluminum, etc.) or solvents either within the cells or on the cell membranes, they may suddenly become released into the lymphatic or venous system and a reversed toxicity can develop. Under such circumstances the first choice would be use of i.v. vitamin C 37.5 grams combined with Calcium-gluconate 10cc mixed in 50cc of distilled water given over one hour. The next choice would be Calcium-gluconate 10cc given slowly as an i.v. infusion. Often times DMPS is the antidote for the released toxins.