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  2. Benzonatate - Wikipedia

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    It is unclear if use in pregnancy or breastfeeding is safe. [12] Benzonatate is a local anesthetic and voltage-gated sodium channel blocker. [6] [unreliable medical source?] It is theorized to work by inhibiting stretch receptors in the lungs, in turn suppressing the cough reflex in the brain.

  3. Local anesthetic - Wikipedia

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    Many local anesthetics fall into two general chemical classes, amino esters (top) and amino amides (bottom). A local anesthetic (LA) is a medication that causes absence of all sensation (including pain) in a specific body part without loss of consciousness, [1] providing local anesthesia, as opposed to a general anesthetic, which eliminates all sensation in the entire body and causes ...

  4. Cetacaine - Wikipedia

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    Cetacaine is a benzocaine-based anesthetic that also contains other active ingredients that include butamben and tetracaine hydrochloride. [4] The main use for this drug is to produce anesthesia to mucous membranes to numb and help control the pain in that area. [3] The spray form of Cetacaine is also used to help prevent gagging in the patient ...

  5. List of local anesthetics - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of local anesthetic agents. Not all of these drugs are still used in clinical practice and in research. Some are primarily of historical interest.

  6. Local anesthesia - Wikipedia

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    A local anesthetic is a drug that causes reversible local anesthesia and a loss of nociception.When it is used on specific nerve pathways (nerve block), effects such as analgesia (loss of pain sensation) and paralysis (loss of muscle power) can be achieved.

  7. Chloroprocaine - Wikipedia

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    Chloroprocaine (trade name Nesacaine, Nesacaine-MPF) (often in the hydrochloride salt form as the aforementioned trade names) is a local anesthetic given by injection during surgical procedures and labor and delivery. Chloroprocaine vasodilates; this is in contrast to cocaine which vasoconstricts. Chloroprocaine is an ester anesthetic. [3]

  8. Articaine - Wikipedia

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    Articaine is a dental amide-type local anesthetic. It is the most widely used local anesthetic in a number of European countries [2] and is available in many countries. It is the only local anaesthetic to contain a thiophene ring, meaning it can be described as 'thiophenic'; this conveys lipid solubility. [3]

  9. Anesthetic - Wikipedia

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    Leaves of the coca plant (Erythroxylum novogranatense var. Novogranatense), from which cocaine, a naturally occurring local anesthetic, is derived. [1] [2]An anesthetic (American English) or anaesthetic (British English; see spelling differences) is a drug used to induce anesthesia ⁠— ⁠in other words, to result in a temporary loss of sensation or awareness.