What exactly is Novacaine?

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Novacaine is an anesthetic from the cocaine family (N17 H21 NO4). It goes to the neurotransmitters of the body and blocks the synapses between nerve endings. that makes it impossible for the pain signal to be transported via the nerve. This does wear off, but when these anesthetics are abused it does damage the nerve endings and creates an imbalance that is only pseudo-corrected by more usage. That is when it crosses the line to addiction. The false feelings of Euphoria are just the psychological manifestations of a lack of pain. Novacaine is ususally used by your dentist to numb your gums, and because it's a local injection rather than a systemic introduction, it's harmless.

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What exactly is Novacaine?

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Novacaine is a drug that numbs around the area it is injected. It is sometimes used in dentists as an anaesthetic.

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Novacaine is a chemical used to num a body part or tooth.

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Procaine is a local anesthetic drug of the amino ester group. It is used primarily to reduce the pain of intramuscular injection of penicillin, and is also used in dentistry. Owing to the ubiquity of the trade name Novocain, procaine is sometimes referred to generically as novocaine or novacaine.

Procaine was first synthesized in 1905, and was the first injectable man-made local anesthetic used. It was created by the German chemist Alfred Einhorn (1857-1917) who gave the chemical the trade name Novocaine, from the Latin Novus (meaning New) and caine, as in "cocaine." It was introduced into medical use by surgeon Heinrich Braun (1862-1934).

Procaine is rarely used today since more effective (and hypoallergenic) alternatives such as lidocaine (xylocaine) exist. Prior to the discovery of procaine, cocaine was the most commonly used local anesthetic. Procaine (like cocaine) has the advantage of constricting blood vessels, which reduces bleeding, unlike other local anesthetics like lidocaine, and without the euphoric and addictive qualities of cocaine.

Procaine, an ester anesthetic, is metabolized in the plasma by the enzyme pseudocholinesterase through hydrolysis into para-amino benzoic acid (PABA), which is then excreted by the kidneys into the urine. Allergic reactions to procaine are usually not in response to procaine itself, but to PABA. About 1 in 3000 people have an atypical form of pseudocholinesterase, which doesn't hydrolyze ester anesthetics such as procaine, resulting in a prolonged period of high levels of the anesthetic in the blood and increased toxicity.

Procaine is the primary ingredient in the controversial preparation Gerovital H3, which is claimed by its advocates to remedy many effects of aging. The mainstream medical view is that these claims were seriously studied and discredited in the 1960s.

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It's a local anesthetic used mainly by dentists.

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I have those cocaine testers I bought on line. I tried one after I was at the dentist who used Novocain-- or some kind of pain killer. The test was positive for cocaine. It had to be that or they can tell twelve years later that took cocaine. Or Acai berry juice triggers it

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