EMLA 5% cream’s onset action is 1 hour, with its peak results remaining even for about 2-3 hours. The loss of feeling remains for about 1-2 hours after wiping EMLA away.

EMLA cream (AstraZeneca Farmaceutica, Madrid, Spain), whose name is an acronym for "eutectic mixture of local anesthetics" (ie, prilocaine and lidocaine), was first commercialized in 1984 and is ...