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}}</ref> EMLA® was the least-effective of the three analgesia methods studied.<ref name="lander1997">{{REFjournal |last=Lander |init=J |first=Janice |author-link= |last2=Brady-Frerer |init2=B |first2=Barbara |author2-link= |last3=Metcalfe |init3=JB |first3=James B. |author3-link= |last4=Nazerali |init4=S |first4=Shermin |author4-link= |last5=Muttit |init5=S |first5=Sarah |author5-link= |LanderJ etal=no |title= Comparison of ring block, dorsal penile nerve block, and topical anesthesia for neonatal circumcision |journal=JAMA |location= |date=1997-12-24 |volume=278 |issue=24 |pages=2157-64 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/pain/lander/ |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=9417009 |pubmedCID= |DOI= |accessdate=2023-12-01}}</ref>

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In July 2013, the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) revoked the ''indication'' of the anesthetic ointment EMLA EMLA® for [[circumcision ]] of newborns.<ref>{{REFweb

}}</ref> EMLA EMLA® has never had an ''approval'' for newborn [[circumcision]], as the BfArM confirmed on March 7, 2013 to a medical member of [[Beschneidungsforum.de]]. The never-existing approval is evident from the technical information and instructions for use for EMLA EMLA® and the drug law. The indications are under 4.1 of a technical and user information. Newborn circumcision was never performed there in Germany.<ref name="Wakankar 2014-02-19">{{REFweb

The German manufacturer of the EMLA EMLA® ointment now confirms (at the latest since 2018) in the leaflet:

'''Do not use EMLA EMLA® on the following skin areas:'''

The [[German Circumcision Act]] of 2012 implemented a so-called [[Mohel]] clause in paragraph 2, which states that up to the end of the sixth month of life, a boy can also be [[circumcised]] by a non-medical practitioner, as long as he is "trained" for this form of genital mutilation. The [[Circumcision Debate]] of that time impressively proves that Jewish [[Mohel]]s and other Jewish advocates of [[circumcision]] for boys repeatedly referred to the EMLA EMLA® ointment as an adequate pain treatment.