Cocaine

Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Cocaine

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First important local anaesthetic, which is used in salt form, as Cocainum hydrochloricum, according to BtMVV only as a local anaesthetic on the eye (simultaneously causes mydriasis). For further information see cocaine below (internal medicine)

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Cocaine used to be used as a mucosal anaesthetic, but is no longer in use because of its addictive nature and its assignment to the strict narcotics law. Novocaine is the trade name of procaine, the first synthetic local anaesthetic that is much less toxic than cocaine.

Last updated on: 29.10.2020