mepivacaine mepivacaine mepivacaine /mɛˈpɪvəkeɪn/ is a local anesthetic of the amide type. mepivacaine has a reasonably rapid onset (more rapid than that of procaine) and medium duration of action (shorter than that of procaine) and is marketed under various trade names including carbocaine and polocaine. mepivacaineclinical dataahfs/drugs.comconsumer drug informationmedlineplusa603026pregnancycategory c, use w/ caution, may cause fetal bradycardia atc coden01bb03 (who) identifiers iupac name (rs)-n-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)- 1-methyl-piperidine-2-carboxamide cas number96-88-8 ypubchem cid4062iuphar/bps7224drugbankdb00961 ychemspider3922 yuniib6e06qe59jkeggd08181 ychebichebi:6759 ychemblchembl1087 ycomptox dashboard (epa)dtxsid9023259 echa infocard100.002.313 chemical and physical dataformulac15h22n2omolar mass246.354 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles o=c(nc1c(cccc1c)c)c2n(c)cccc2 inchi inchi=1s/c15h22n2o/c1-11-7-6-8-12(2)14(11)16-15(18)13-9-4-5-10-17(13)3/h6-8,13h,4-5,9-10h2,1-3h3,(h,16,18) ykey:inwlqczoysrpnw-uhfffaoysa-n y (verify) mepivacaine became available in the united states in the 1960s. mepivacaine is used in any infiltration and local anesthesia. it is supplied as the hydrochloride salt of the racemate, which consists of r(-)-mepivacaine and s(+)-mepivacaine in equal proportions. these two enantiomers have markedly different pharmacokinetic properties. mepivacaine was originally synthesized in sweden at the laboratory of bofors nobelkrut in 1956.