Allergy or hypersensitivity to amide type local anaesthetics or to any excipients. Detection of suspected hypersensitivity by skin testing is of limited value.
Local anaesthetics are contraindicated for epidural and spinal anaesthesia in patients with uncorrected hypotension or coagulation disorders or in patients receiving anti-coagulation treatment.
Local anaesthetic techniques must not be used when there is inflammation and/or sepsis in the region of the proposed injection and/or in the presence of septicaemia.
Xylotin should not be used in patients with Stokes-Adam syndrome, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, or with severe degrees of sinoatrial, atrioventricular, or intraventricular block in the absence of an artificial pacemaker.
General contraindications related to epidural anaesthesia, regardless of the local anaesthetic used, should be taken into account.
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