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| |  Painless Shots Possible With Anesthetic Ethyl Chloride Spray CLEVELAND, OH -- December 2, 1999 -- "Ouchless" shots are now a reality. In what has to be good news for children, parents and doctors, a topical skin anesthetic has been found to take the sting out of injections and immunizations.
Anxiety about the excessive pain and adverse reactions associated with multiple immunization injections causes children to miss scheduled vaccines. A simple spray reduces the injection-related pain, while eliminating much of the unnecessary distress of children and parents. In a recent study, 93 percent of those to whom the topical anesthetic, Gebauer's Ethyl Chloride, was applied beforehand reported feeling no pain when receiving an injection. Clinical studies published in medical journals including Pediatrics, Journal of the American Medical Association, and Journal of Pain Symptom Management have proven the anesthetic spray to be safe, easy to use and instantly effective after application. The doctor or nurse sprays it directly onto the child's skin for a few seconds, swabs with antiseptic, then quickly and painlessly performs the injection. In adults, the spray, which briefly numbs the skin through rapid cooling, also prevents pain associated with such minor outpatient procedures as incisions, lancing boils and draining small abscesses.
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