Posted by notfred on November 30, 2006, at 23:52:26
In reply to Re: Racing thoughts, fear of bullying, etc. what m » notfred, posted by Quintal on November 30, 2006, at 23:18:53
"Cocaine has since been largely replaced in Western medicine by synthetic local anaesthetics such as benzocaine, proparacaine, and tetracaine though it remains available for use if specified. If vasoconstriction is desired for a procedure (as it reduces bleeding), the anesthetic is combined with a vasoconstrictor such as phenylephrine or epinephrine."
Looks to me like they are saying you have to add a
vasoconstrictor to synthetic local anaesthetics, but not cocaine, given it is a powerful vasoconstrictor.
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