Toothache remedy
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Cocaine was first known as a local anesthetic, so I'm not surprised to see this type of advertising.
It's also a good vasoconstrictor, minimizing bleeding should you need to put something into someone's nose (other than the powder, of course). I've used it dozens of times.
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@jolly said in Toothache remedy:
Great for dilating eyes.
As cocaine developed more and more of a stigma, it became more and more difficult to get for medical uses. Whenever I had to put an endotracheal tube in someone's nose, I would use a solution of 4% cocaine. It was a great vasoconstrictor, and as I passed the tube, it was great at preventing bleeding as I crushed through the turbinates.
Its use was discouraged, as I said, and we had to make do with various concoctions and mixtures that were really never even close to being as good as cocaine.
Cocaine is the only naturally-occurring local anesthetic, and the first regional anesthetic, a spinal anesthetic was administered using cocaine in the late 19th century.
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It's a hell of a drug.
@doctor-phibes said in Toothache remedy:
It's a hell of a drug.
You should have seen the eyes of patients when I told them I'm going to put some cocaine in their nose, LOL.
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