Can other medications be added to the local anesthetic in the ON-Q® pump?
I-Flow has performed stability testing on bupivacaine with other medications in the pump including mixtures of bupivacaine/antibiotics, bupivacaine/ketrolac, bupivacaine/ketrolac/morphine and bupivacaine/ dexamethasone. Refer to Technical Bulletins. I-Flow does not make any specific recommendations regarding the use of these protocols with ON-Q®.