Violation
A 3 year old, 16kg child is given 2 cartridges of 4% prilocaine with 1:200,000 epinephrine for extraction of primary teeth. After a few minutes the child becomes lethargic, disorientated and eventually begins to convulse. The most probable cause of this reaction is
overdose of local anesthetic.
epilepsy precipitated by epinephrine.
allergic reaction to the local anesthetic.
epinephrine.