Editing Local anesthetic (section)

===Acute pain===
Even though [[acute pain]] can be managed using [[analgesic]]s, conduction anesthesia may be preferable because of superior pain control and fewer side effects.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} For purposes of pain therapy, LA drugs are often given by repeated injection or continuous infusion through a catheter. LA drugs are also often combined with other agents such as opioids for synergistic analgesic action.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Ryan T, Hodge A, Holyoak R, Vlok R, Melhuish T, Binks M, Hurtado G, White L | display-authors = 6 | title = Tramadol as an adjunct to intra-articular local anesthetic infiltration in knee arthroscopy: a systematic review and meta-analysis | journal = ANZ Journal of Surgery | volume = 89 | issue = 7–8 | pages = 827–832 | date = July 2019 | pmid = 30684306 | doi = 10.1111/ans.14920 | s2cid = 59275648 }}</ref>  Low doses of LA drugs can be sufficient so that muscle weakness does not occur and patients may be mobilized.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

Some typical uses of conduction anesthesia for acute pain are:
{| {{table}}
! Type of pain 
! Possible treatments
|-
|[[Labor pain]]
|[[Epidural anesthesia]], [[Pudendal nerve block]]s
|-
|[[Postoperative pain]] 
|[[Peripheral nerve block]]s, epidural anesthesia
|-
|[[Injury|Trauma]]
|Peripheral nerve blocks, [[intravenous regional anesthesia]], epidural anesthesia
|}