<prompt> Local anaesthesia causing methemoglobinemia is an effect of which of the following agents?PrilocaineEtidocaineRopivacaineProcaine  <response>: reduces the amount of hemoglobin that is available for oxygen transpo this side effect is potentially life threatening. Drugs causing Methemoglobinemia: Sulfonamides Primaquine Nitrobenzene Prilocaine Aminophenones Anilines Ref: Morgan Anaesthesia, 4th Edition, Page 269 