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Procaine is a local anesthetic drug of the amino ester group. It is most commonly used in dental procedures to numb the area around a tooth [1] and is also used to reduce the pain of intramuscular injection of penicillin. Owing to the ubiquity of the trade name Novocain or Novocaine, in some regions, procaine is referred to generically as ...
Procaine benzylpenicillin also known as penicillin G procaine, is an antibiotic useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. [2] Specifically it is used for syphilis , anthrax , mouth infections , pneumonia , diphtheria , cellulitis , and animal bites . [ 2 ]
Penicillin G is destroyed by stomach acid, so it cannot be taken by mouth, but doses as high as 2.4 g can be given (much higher than penicillin V). It is given by intravenous or intramuscular injection. It can be formulated as an insoluble salt, and there are two such formulations in current use: procaine penicillin and benzathine ...
Procainamide is structurally similar to procaine, but in place of an ester group, procainamide contains an amide group. This substitution is the reason why procainamide exhibits a longer half-life time than procaine. [20] [21] Procainamide belongs to the aminobenzamides.
Procaine (PCA) is a demethylating agent considered to be effective in inhibiting the growth of human cancer cells. Several studies have explored and elucidated the effects of procaine on human liver cancer cells and breast cancer cells.
Lewis bases and acids. Free base (freebase, free-base) is a descriptor for the neutral form of an amine commonly used in reference to illicit drugs. The amine is often an alkaloid, such as nicotine, cocaine, morphine, and ephedrine, or derivatives thereof.
Gerovital H3 (or procaine hydrochloride and products known as GH3 and other variants which may or may not be identical to Gerovital H3) is a preparation developed during the 1950s and promoted by its advocates as an effective anti-aging treatment. In the United States, the FDA bans Gerovital H3 from interstate commerce as an unapproved drug and ...
Benzathine benzylpenicillin/procaine benzylpenicillin, sold under the brand name Bicillin C-R, is an antibiotic medication. [1] It contains the antibiotics benzathine benzylpenicillin (penicillin G benzathine) and procaine benzylpenicillin (penicillin G procaine).