A report on Benzocaine

Jiffy Toothache Drops bottle (7.75% Benzocaine)

Ester local anesthetic commonly used as a topical pain reliever or in cough drops.

- Benzocaine
Jiffy Toothache Drops bottle (7.75% Benzocaine)

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Many local anesthetics fall into two general chemical classes, amino esters (top) and amino amides (bottom)

Local anesthetic

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Medication that causes absence of pain sensation.

Medication that causes absence of pain sensation.

Many local anesthetics fall into two general chemical classes, amino esters (top) and amino amides (bottom)
This LA system is designed to prevent needlestick injury. A cartridge of LA fits into the disposable needle, which can be locked when not in use and can be separated from the handle.
Procaine
Lidocaine
Tetrodotoxin

Exposure to aniline group chemicals such as benzocaine, lidocaine, and prilocaine can produce this effect, especially benzocaine.

Modern cough drops

Throat lozenge

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Small, typically medicated tablet intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to temporarily stop coughs, lubricate, and soothe irritated tissues of the throat (usually due to a sore throat or strep throat), possibly from the common cold or influenza.

Small, typically medicated tablet intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to temporarily stop coughs, lubricate, and soothe irritated tissues of the throat (usually due to a sore throat or strep throat), possibly from the common cold or influenza.

Modern cough drops
A pocket tin containing small salmiak liquorice pastilles in the traditional diamond shape lozenge. In Europe, salmiak liquorice pastilles are considered a "traditionally-applied medicine to assist expectoration in the airways"
Valda Mint Eucalyptus Gumdrops
Early 20th century "Frog In Your Throat" box, containing lozenges made of cubeb, tolu balsam, liquorice, white horehound and wild cherry extracts.

Lozenges may contain benzocaine, an anaesthetic, or eucalyptus oil.

Chocolate-brown blood due to methemoglobinemia

Methemoglobinemia

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Condition of elevated methemoglobin in the blood.

Condition of elevated methemoglobin in the blood.

Chocolate-brown blood due to methemoglobinemia
Chocolate-brown blood due to methemoglobinemia
The congenital form of methemoglobinemia has an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance.
Color chart for the detection of the amount of methemoglobin in the blood
Cyanosis from methemoglobinemia
Resolved after methylene blue

Substances involved may include benzocaine, nitrates, or dapsone.

A bulging tympanic membrane which is typical in a case of acute otitis media

Otitis media

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Group of inflammatory diseases of the middle ear.

Group of inflammatory diseases of the middle ear.

A bulging tympanic membrane which is typical in a case of acute otitis media
Otitis media.
Perforation of the right tympanic membrane resulting from a previous severe acute otitis media
Deaths from otitis media per million persons in 2012
Acute otitis media
Acute otitis media, myringitis bullosa
Myringitis bullosa in influenza
Chronic otitis media (otitis media chronica mesotympanalis)
Otitis media chronica mesotympanalis
Otitis media chronica mesotympanalis
Otitis media chronica mesotympanalis

This may include paracetamol (acetaminophen), ibuprofen, benzocaine ear drops, or opioids.

Antipyrine and benzocaine ear drops

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Medication for the treatment of ear pain caused by otitis media.

Medication for the treatment of ear pain caused by otitis media.

It combines antipyrine, a NSAID, and benzocaine, a numbing agent in order to treat ear pain, alongside hydroxyquinoline sulfate, an antiseptic and preservative.

Amino esters

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Amino esters are a class of local anesthetics.

Amino esters are a class of local anesthetics.

Benzocaine

Cēpacol

Cēpacol

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American brand of personal hygiene products, as well as for relief of sore throat.

American brand of personal hygiene products, as well as for relief of sore throat.

Cēpacol

The major active ingredients of the sugar-free lozenges are cetylpyridinium chloride, benzocaine (which produces the numbing sensation), and menthol.

Leaves of the coca plant (Erythroxylum novogranatense var. Novogranatense), from which cocaine, a naturally occurring local anesthetic, is derived.

Anesthetic

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Drug used to induce anesthesia ⁠— ⁠in other words, to result in a temporary loss of sensation or awareness.

Drug used to induce anesthesia ⁠— ⁠in other words, to result in a temporary loss of sensation or awareness.

Leaves of the coca plant (Erythroxylum novogranatense var. Novogranatense), from which cocaine, a naturally occurring local anesthetic, is derived.
Chemical structure of isoflurane, widely used for inhalational anesthesia.

Ester local anesthetics (such as procaine, amethocaine, cocaine, benzocaine, tetracaine) are generally unstable in solution and fast-acting, are rapidly metabolised by cholinesterases in the blood plasma and liver, and more commonly induce allergic reactions.

1952 ad with Hedy Lamarr

Ayds

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Discontinued appetite-suppressant candy that enjoyed strong sales in the 1970s and early 1980s and was originally manufactured by The Carlay Company.

Discontinued appetite-suppressant candy that enjoyed strong sales in the 1970s and early 1980s and was originally manufactured by The Carlay Company.

1952 ad with Hedy Lamarr

The active ingredient was originally benzocaine, presumably to reduce the sense of taste to reduce eating, later changed in the candy (as reported by The New York Times) to phenylpropanolamine.

Premature ejaculation

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Premature ejaculation (PE) occurs when a man expels semen (and most likely experiences orgasm) soon after beginning sexual activity, and with minimal penile stimulation.

Premature ejaculation (PE) occurs when a man expels semen (and most likely experiences orgasm) soon after beginning sexual activity, and with minimal penile stimulation.

Topical anesthetics such as lidocaine and benzocaine that are applied to the tip and shaft of the penis have also been used.